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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Trump has falsely claimed that relief funds are being withheld from predominantly Republican areas after the agency directed relief money to help migrants.
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Brian Stelter, CNN, 5 Oct. 2024
All the Beautiful People: North Carolina, 1990s All the Beautiful People ran for three to four years and arose from a group called the Carolina Transexual Society, whose members were predominantly transgender women, Burford says.
—Elyssa Goodman, Them, 4 Oct. 2024
But Harris’s camo hat is reaching a similar status, thanks in part to its similarity to pop star Chappel Roan’s popularization of the pattern among younger, left-leaning, and predominantly women and LGBTQ+ audiences.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
In 1914, for example, the white founders of the Assemblies of God, USA decided to disaffiliate from the predominantly Black Church of God in Christ.
—Dara Delgado, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
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Brian Stelter, CNN, 5 Oct. 2024
All the Beautiful People: North Carolina, 1990s All the Beautiful People ran for three to four years and arose from a group called the Carolina Transexual Society, whose members were predominantly transgender women, Burford says.
—Elyssa Goodman, Them, 4 Oct. 2024
But Harris’s camo hat is reaching a similar status, thanks in part to its similarity to pop star Chappel Roan’s popularization of the pattern among younger, left-leaning, and predominantly women and LGBTQ+ audiences.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
In 1914, for example, the white founders of the Assemblies of God, USA decided to disaffiliate from the predominantly Black Church of God in Christ.
—Dara Delgado, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Predominantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/predominantly. Accessed 12 Oct. 2024.
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