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Examples of largely in a Sentence
The story is largely true.
He is largely responsible for the problem.
The economy is based largely on farming.
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The Legacy Collection is largely the brainchild of Rochelle Rose, SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s national director of performers programs.
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Jenelle Riley, Variety, 18 July 2024
Her anguish quickly becomes our own, and any excitement to be felt over Kwame’s victories are more than quelled by the unbearable distress of seeing a Black mother watch her Black son get brutally beaten for the glee of a largely white audience.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 July 2024
By Amalie MacGowan July 18, 2024 Over the last decade, the size of the LGBTQ+ community has increased dramatically — and bisexual women are largely responsible for that growth.
—Amalie MacGowan, Them, 18 July 2024
By the time the Mean Streets director sought Powell out during a trip to London in the early 1970s, the Archers work had largely been dismissed or outright forgotten.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2024
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Jenelle Riley, Variety, 18 July 2024
Her anguish quickly becomes our own, and any excitement to be felt over Kwame’s victories are more than quelled by the unbearable distress of seeing a Black mother watch her Black son get brutally beaten for the glee of a largely white audience.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 July 2024
By Amalie MacGowan July 18, 2024 Over the last decade, the size of the LGBTQ+ community has increased dramatically — and bisexual women are largely responsible for that growth.
—Amalie MacGowan, Them, 18 July 2024
By the time the Mean Streets director sought Powell out during a trip to London in the early 1970s, the Archers work had largely been dismissed or outright forgotten.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2024
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“Largely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/largely. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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largely
adverb
large·ly
ˈlärj-lē 
1
: generally sense 1
the story is largely true
2
: in a great amount
tipped the waiter largely
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