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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Analysis of the site shows that the burial population had predominantly (77 percent) western British and Irish ancestry.
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Duncan Sayer, JSTOR Daily, 2 Oct. 2025
District 5 consists of predominantly Black and immigrant residents.
—Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025
When the federal government reached an agreement with Alabama officials last October to address destructive flooding in the predominantly Black Shiloh community, residents thought their calls for help had finally been answered.
—Maia Rosenfeld, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025
Despite her breakthroughs, Goodall, perhaps unsurprisingly, still often encountered barriers in the predominantly male science establishment.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
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Duncan Sayer, JSTOR Daily, 2 Oct. 2025
District 5 consists of predominantly Black and immigrant residents.
—Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025
When the federal government reached an agreement with Alabama officials last October to address destructive flooding in the predominantly Black Shiloh community, residents thought their calls for help had finally been answered.
—Maia Rosenfeld, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025
Despite her breakthroughs, Goodall, perhaps unsurprisingly, still often encountered barriers in the predominantly male science establishment.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 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 6 Oct. 2025.
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