How to Use largely in a Sentence

largely

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  • The story is largely true.
  • The economy is based largely on farming.
  • He is largely responsible for the problem.
  • And the threat is largely over.
    NBC news, 7 June 2026
  • Then the rain and snow largely shut off for three years.
    Paiching Wei, Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2026
  • But in the end, it has largely been ruled a failure.
    Steve Grubbs, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Those plans fell apart largely over who would be in control.
    Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The trio largely made the right noises.
    Steve Madeley, New York Times, 18 May 2026
  • This is largely states making these rules.
    Dana Taylor, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
  • And the problems are largely self-made.
    Marilen Martin, Bloomberg, 15 Apr. 2026
  • They are just written off largely.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The family has been largely mum in the weeks since her death.
    Theresa Braine, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • But those strategies largely work.
    Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 28 Jan. 2026
  • But this decision largely was about his life on the road with his friends.
    Doug Ferguson, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2022
  • The growth that can be achieved by these tax cuts has largely been realized.
    Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 12 June 2025
  • The two have been largely attached at the hip since late last season.
    Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Judges and juries largely agreed.
    Tom Dreisbach, NPR, 15 Apr. 2026
  • And in a war that has largely stalled, symbols like this matter.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Stronach’s appetite to foot that kind of bill is largely unknown.
    Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 8 Mar. 2024
  • So far, it’s worked, and the process has been largely democratic.
    Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
  • But he was charged with murder — largely on the word of a friend of Miller’s.
    Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • That’s largely been spent through, that cushion is largely gone.
    Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 8 July 2024
  • Mbappe, who had been largely anonymous, just about tucks away his penalty.
    Adam Hurrey, New York Times, 17 July 2026
  • The tweet, by now, has 1,400 retweets, which are largely quotes.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
  • The game has changed; the scorekeeping largely has not.
    Louisa Loran, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The questions largely fell along party lines.
    Graham Kates, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • And largely that is replaced with people on devices or on video games.
    Don Riddell, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
  • But how has the group reemerged after we were told they were largely defeated?
    ABC News, 31 Mar. 2024
  • This is what largely drove the decision to design the house this way.
    New Atlas, 3 July 2026
  • Those countries have largely declined to help.
    Tom Bowman, NPR, 1 Apr. 2026

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