How to Use for the most part in a Sentence

for the most part

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  • That blue has, for the most part, remained their away kit ever since.
    Nick Miller, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • The leaders, for the most part, are flawed but have good intentions.
    Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
  • Since then, music rights issues have for the most part kept the show from rerelease.
    Rich Heldenfels, Boston Herald, 26 July 2026
  • While many purists were skeptical, for the most part, it's been viewed as a success.
    Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026
  • My other three albums, for the most part, were all solo written.
    Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2026
  • His movies have continued to make money, for the most part, but their reception has been worse and worse.
    Frank Landymore, Futurism, 23 July 2026
  • Aliens, for the most part, have been portrayed as devastating lifeforms that are a threat to Earth.
    Grace Dean, Space.com, 1 July 2026
  • Does that mean the creative reset was ultimately worthless for the most part for consumers?
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 7 July 2026
  • This is not what the players who have supported Bungie for almost 30 years want to see, for the most part.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Kids in pre-K-3 are still napping for the most part, and how does that work with alarm bells going off for the high school students to transfer classrooms?
    Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2026
  • The question is whether Disney has a bigger problem on its hands with its live-action remakes that, for the most part, have been easy money in the bank.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 13 July 2026
  • But here, that right has also led to a normative idea that for the most part people should have the right to speak their minds without material consequences.
    Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
  • Former assistant city clerk Denise Tucker, who has been taking longhand minutes for the recount, for the most part gets a break.
    Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 8 July 2026
  • Photography subjects can be self-conscious, but, for the most part, the subjects of Nishimura’s portfolio weren’t.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 July 2026
  • Measuring the sonic thump The X-59 has performed smoothly for the most part despite the few anomalies.
    Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 29 June 2026
  • These are women and men who are from our communities (and) who, for the most part, had long careers in the law or the judiciary, and the vast majority are trying to do the right thing.
    Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 11 July 2026
  • The regional forecast for the northern Horn of Africa, where for the most part there is only one rainy season per year, is also projected to be below average.
    Peter Hailey, The Conversation, 16 July 2026
  • While isolated showers or storms remain possible, the threat of additional significant rainfall has, for the most part, ended.
    Diego Mendoza, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
  • As Moyn notes, the vast majority of our general elections are uncompetitive; for the most part, parties win seats simply by not being the other party.
    Peter Gosselin, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • Bayview Beach, north of Washburn, Wisconsin, encompasses four blissful miles of shoreline that, for the most part, remain a local secret.
    Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026
  • No one forces us to perform the role, the financial rewards for those who make the international list are considerable, and for the most part the enjoyment found on the field makes up for the plentiful aggro off it.
    Graham Scott, New York Times, 23 July 2026
  • The results showed that the geochemistry of magma in Etna, for the most part, has remained surprisingly consistent over time, even though tectonic shifts have occurred in the region.
    Refractor, 27 July 2026
  • But the overall picture of the possible Russian drone campaign suggests that the European response has been fragmented and uncoordinated for the most part so far.
    Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 6 July 2026
  • And while driving is (for the most part) convenient, anyone who’s ever sat in bumper-to-bumper traffic would probably relish the opportunity to ditch the wheels and spend time somewhere smaller and more walkable—even if just for a little while.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2026
  • Spain defeated Argentina 1-0 in the final thanks to a Ferran Torres goal in extra time, an uncharacteristic dog of a match in a tournament that, for the most part, was gloriously entertaining.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 20 July 2026

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