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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

By some measures

My reading material says "In recent yeas, there's been a sharp decline in honeybee numbers. By some measures the wild population has nearly disappeared." In this context , what does "by some measures" mean ?
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Hi, The writer is thinking that there are different methods of measuring the size of the wild population. Some of these measures indicate it is declining. Clive

  • Hi, The writer is thinking that there are different methods of measuring the size of the wild population.
  • Some of these measures indicate it is declining.
  • Clive
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Hi,

The writer is thinking that there are different methods of measuring the size of the wild population.
Some of these measures indicate it is declining.

Clive

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