1
obsolete
: in a forceful manner
2
: for the most part : chiefly
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you mainly need to focus on improving your golf swing
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About 10% of colon cancers are inherited, mainly through Lynch syndrome and familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP).
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Lindsay Curtis, Health, 4 Oct. 2025
The temptation to choose the latter song is high, owed mainly to the voyeuristic thrill that comes with listening to Swift dish about her relationship with Tom Hiddleston.
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Instead the county was mainly assessing which funding streams would be affected by the shutdown, and developing contingency plans.
—Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Official sources had previously reported the outbreak, located mainly in some areas near major tourist destinations in Cuba.
—Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
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Lindsay Curtis, Health, 4 Oct. 2025
The temptation to choose the latter song is high, owed mainly to the voyeuristic thrill that comes with listening to Swift dish about her relationship with Tom Hiddleston.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
Instead the county was mainly assessing which funding streams would be affected by the shutdown, and developing contingency plans.
—Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Official sources had previously reported the outbreak, located mainly in some areas near major tourist destinations in Cuba.
—Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Mainly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mainly. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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