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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Is this a typo? a malaprop? or an actual expense>extent eggcorn?
Fed’s gain would be SEC’s loss?
Bloomberg says such an increase in Fed power would come at the extent of the hapless Securities and Exchange Commission.
http://www.cjr.org/the_audit/opening_be … lation.php
I think “A’s gain is B’s loss” is nearly equivalent to “at the expense of B.” I don’t see any eggcorn-like related imagery here, though. And a Google search for “come at the extent” returns only one additional hit.
Gentrification, to an extent, is necessary since we can’t allow cities to deteriorate to the point of no return, but it shouldn’t come at the extent of pushing out people who were already there
http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/comment … 81_0_7_0_C
While “at the extent of” returns about 617,000 raw hits, most of them seem to intent “extent” rather than “expense.”
Guessing at the extent of child sexual abuse
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi- … 1&SRETRY=0
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Curious – but there does seem to be some eggcornish overlap here: being over-extended can mean taking on a greater debt than can be managed, or mortgages can be extended when the current expense becomes too great. Perhaps to pay is to be extended or ‘stretched’ , and ‘stretch’ is often used as a metaphor in describing financial matters.
Googling ‘comes at the extent of’ yields a few more:
... I do see bigotry a big issue, there is nothing wrong with having pride in yourself, but when that comes at the extent of others, it needs to stop. ...
www.shelleytherepublican.com/ 2008/02/04/proud-to-be-white.aspx – 90k – Cached
But for many new web marketers, breadth comes at the extent of focus. This lack of focus just dilutes their site’s rankings in search engine. ...
www.wieldymedia.com/wm/content/blogcategory/17/49/ – 10k – Cached
techniques comes at the extent of increased complexity and ambiguity in the use of. these techniques. Keywords: Business Process Management, ...
is.tm.tue.nl/staff/wvdaalst/ BPMcenter/reports/2006/BPM-06-20.pdf
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