as in mostly
for the most part
you mainly need to focus on improving your golf swing
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Recent Examples of mainly
The ill passengers mainly experienced diarrhea and vomiting, the CDC said.
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Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
Instead the county was mainly assessing which funding streams would be affected by the shutdown, and developing contingency plans.
—Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Up until now, the band has mainly taken the shape of working from songs Hiyune wrote and building on them together.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
Rantanen produced at a better clip (about three points per 60, thanks mainly to his work on the power play).
—The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2025
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Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
Instead the county was mainly assessing which funding streams would be affected by the shutdown, and developing contingency plans.
—Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Up until now, the band has mainly taken the shape of working from songs Hiyune wrote and building on them together.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
Rantanen produced at a better clip (about three points per 60, thanks mainly to his work on the power play).
—The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mainly
Adverb
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Nearly 1,200 people were killed, mostly Israeli civilians, including many attending a weekend music festival.—
Greg Myre,
NPR,
9 Oct. 2025
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Over three years in the NBA, Williams has never played more than 44 games in a season, mostly because of injuries.—
Doug Haller,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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As today, the school had about 200 students ranging from preschoolers to eighth graders, drawing students primarily from the neighborhood.—
Jan Goldsmith,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Oct. 2025
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Oracle’s stock has climbed a remarkable 373% over the past three years, driven primarily by the artificial-intelligence boom.—
Jeff Kilburg,
CNBC,
10 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Martin, whose first language is Swedish, is chiefly concerned with melody.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
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Today’s cinephiles remember Warren Beatty, age 88, chiefly for the suspense of Bonnie & Clyde (1967) but forget his intellectually demanding drama Reds (1981).—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
25 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Coming off his strong game at Washington, this was another step forward for Sayin, who had largely been asked to keep the ball short in his first month as starter.—
Cameron Teague Robinson,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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Today, there are active farm-to-school programs in all fifty states; almost half of these started up in the past few years, owing largely to the influx of Biden-era funding.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
4 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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And for Blacks, in a city that was predominantly Black, to be able to see yourself on television on a regular basis meant a lot to us.—
Scott Talley,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Analysis of the site shows that the burial population had predominantly (77 percent) western British and Irish ancestry.—
Duncan Sayer,
JSTOR Daily,
2 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Our commerce writer Julia Harrison writes that her Moccamaster One Cup is a delight, principally because of its simplicity as a drip coffee maker—free of extraneous frothers or digital interfaces or timers.—
Blake Bakkila,
Architectural Digest,
8 Oct. 2025
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The plan envisions a reconstructed strip supported principally by regional players that could stabilize the region and provide in the short term humanitarian relief and in the long term economic opportunities to Gazans.—
Asher Kaufman,
The Conversation,
30 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The health of basically all the members of the British royal family has been scrutinized as of late.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
8 Oct. 2025
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So the Nets basically have one year and one offseason to turn this random assortment of flotsam into a credible NBA roster.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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It was generally acknowledged that this was a World Cup without a genuinely outstanding team, after Brazil in 1970 and the Netherlands in 1974 had captured the world’s imagination with forward-thinking football.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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During the shutdown – which has no end in sight – park roads, trails and open-air memorials will generally remain accessible, but many visitors’ centers will be closed.—
Brian Todd,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Mainly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mainly. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025.
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