How to Use go so far in a Sentence

go so far

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  • Waiver and discount policies only go so far, and appear to have produced mixed results.
    — Byjeffrey Brainard, science.org, 1 Aug. 2024
  • TikTok has inspired many to get outdoors for some extra steps: Many go around their block for a daily hot girl walk, and others go so far as to walk 10 miles daily.
    — Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 22 July 2024
  • But the new stance doesn't go so far as letting these kinds of weapons be used anywhere else.
    — Jeongyoon Han, NPR, 13 June 2024
  • But all of these measures can only go so far, Barth said.
    — Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Mar. 2024
  • But Zoom can only go so far to stretch the industry’s reach.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 20 May 2024
  • Some even go so far as to provide a snapshot of their Airbnb rating.
    — Curbed, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Some would even go so far as to argue that The Departed deserves the top spot on this list.
    — Nina Derwin, Redbook, 10 Aug. 2023
  • On that front line, Ukrainian troops often go so far as to bury their trash to stay hidden from drones.
    — Yurii Shyvala Mauricio Lima, New York Times, 23 July 2023
  • The rule does not go so far as to ban the sale of gas cars, which California will do beginning in 2035.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Although cat defenders dispute the scale of the numbers, few of them go so far as to deny that cats kill lots of birds.
    — Jonathan Franzen, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Only a handful of our best muffin recipes go so far as to ask you to soften butter.
    — Zoe Denenberg, Bon Appétit, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Kotsay wouldn’t go so far as to rule Ruiz out of the series finale against Miami.
    — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 5 May 2024
  • Of course, the relaxed requirements only go so far since users still must have two devices.
    — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 12 July 2024
  • But really, my art can only go so far even with that approach.
    — Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 June 2023
  • But Jacobs wouldn’t go so far as to say the civilian review boards will be shut down come July 1 when the bill goes into effect.
    — Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024
  • And the question of diversity can only go so far; as is usually the case, the on-the-ground story is more complex.
    — Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 6 June 2024
  • Hardcore drivers go so far as to add force feedback to their seats, with sim setups that can run into the tens of thousands of dollars.
    — WIRED, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Even so, Hamby can only go so far in dictating the terms of basinwide cuts.
    — Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Layers of injustice and mass killings go so far and so deep into Russia’s history that most of us have lost track.
    — Anna Nemtsova, The Atlantic, 24 Nov. 2023
  • The success can only go so far while dams and canals continue to siphon off the river’s formerly cyclical high flows.
    — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2023
  • Editor’s picks There’s a reason why a good gossip sesh can go so far on TikTok.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Essentially, McGill is saying that looking the part can only go so far.
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 2 Aug. 2023
  • But vibes only go so far when satisfying answers aren’t forthcoming, and by the end of its first season, the drama has run out of steam.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The laws go so far as to write the existence of transgender people out of law—to effectively unperson them as a class.
    — Brynn Tannehill, The New Republic, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The judges did not go so far as to find that Scott and the other detainees are covered employees but sided with them on several key issues.
    — Madeleine O'Neill, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2024
  • But cuts only go so far with a rail system that has fixed costs regardless of whether riders use the system, officials said.
    — Justin George, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Sextortion cases rarely go so far in the courts, and this one was especially foreign to Barber.
    — Ari Schneider, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Some go so far as to argue that the mean high tide line was effectively done away with when the state changed its Constitution in the 1980s, a proposition that hasn’t been tested in court.
    — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
  • If tech history is any guide, size and scale are solid footholds — but ultimately can only go so far.
    — Mike Isaac, New York Times, 11 July 2023
  • The staggering statistics only go so far in conveying the tragedy.
    — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 13 Sep. 2023

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