predominantly
adverb
pre·dom·i·nant·ly
pri-ˈdä-mə-nənt-lē 
-ˈdäm-nənt-
: for the most part : mainly
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Examples of predominantly in a Sentence
a predominantly middle-class neighborhood
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The school was in the Nineteenth Ward, in southwest Rochester, a predominantly Black, working- and middle-class neighborhood of century-old homes.
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Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
This is compared to around one-third of predominantly white schools.
—Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 13 Aug. 2024
The production of ammonia, a chemical that’s predominantly developed into fertilizers that enrich soils and help grow food and crops, is responsible for 1.8 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions.
—Yessenia Funes, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
The department is now predominantly Black, according to Mayor Ella Jones, and only four officers from 2014 remain on the Ferguson force.
—Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 9 Aug. 2024
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Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
This is compared to around one-third of predominantly white schools.
—Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 13 Aug. 2024
The production of ammonia, a chemical that’s predominantly developed into fertilizers that enrich soils and help grow food and crops, is responsible for 1.8 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions.
—Yessenia Funes, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
The department is now predominantly Black, according to Mayor Ella Jones, and only four officers from 2014 remain on the Ferguson force.
—Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 9 Aug. 2024
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“Predominantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/predominantly. Accessed 10 Sep. 2024.
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