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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The Fox Island area in Globeville is predominantly made up of vacant lots and underused industrial space.
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Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 30 Dec. 2025
In what would have been an ideal piece of New Year’s footwear, the shoe features a predominantly black upper and tooling which breaks things up with a creamy white layer of mesh on the vamp.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 29 Dec. 2025
Survivors include her son, Nicolas-Jacques Charrier, born in 1960 and raised predominantly by his father.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 28 Dec. 2025
Renewable energy will grow faster than fossil fuels The world is rapidly moving towards the use of predominantly renewable energy.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 26 Dec. 2025
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Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 30 Dec. 2025
In what would have been an ideal piece of New Year’s footwear, the shoe features a predominantly black upper and tooling which breaks things up with a creamy white layer of mesh on the vamp.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 29 Dec. 2025
Survivors include her son, Nicolas-Jacques Charrier, born in 1960 and raised predominantly by his father.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 28 Dec. 2025
Renewable energy will grow faster than fossil fuels The world is rapidly moving towards the use of predominantly renewable energy.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 26 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for predominantly
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“Predominantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/predominantly. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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