predominantly
adverb
pre·dom·i·nant·ly
pri-ˈdä-mə-nənt-lē 
-ˈdäm-nənt-
: for the most part : mainly
Examples of predominantly in a Sentence
a predominantly middle-class neighborhood
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Jennie Motto Mesterharm, who joined a rapid response team to help protect her neighbors in the predominantly Hispanic Pilsen neighborhood, walked the procession with her 4-year-old daughter Magdalena named after Mary Magdalene, a character from the Christian bible.
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Laura Turbay, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
But Rolling Stone — and its predominantly white male readership — had its share of blind spots.
—James Sullivan, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
That’s far longer than Camden Management Partners’ schedule for renovating them into a mix of predominantly apartments with some first-floor commercial space.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2026
In late March, a missile exploded over the predominantly Christian Keserwan region north of Beirut, with debris falling on different areas.
—ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
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Laura Turbay, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
But Rolling Stone — and its predominantly white male readership — had its share of blind spots.
—James Sullivan, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
That’s far longer than Camden Management Partners’ schedule for renovating them into a mix of predominantly apartments with some first-floor commercial space.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2026
In late March, a missile exploded over the predominantly Christian Keserwan region north of Beirut, with debris falling on different areas.
—ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
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“Predominantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/predominantly. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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