as in mainly
for the most part
the weather this month has been mostly mild
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Recent Examples of mostly
The contraceptives, which are mostly long-lasting types of birth control such as IUDs and injectables, are currently stored in a warehouse in Belgium.
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Jade Walker, CNN Money, 30 July 2025
People – mostly men – would come from East Coast cities like New York to ranches on vacation, often dressed in full cowboy attire, according to Bryce Albright, executive director of the National Dude Ranchers Association, an organization that has been around for almost 100 years.
—Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 30 July 2025
Many factors go into whether a tsunami will devastate communities or become mostly a false alarm.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 30 July 2025
An estimated 10,000 people lost their lives in the immediate aftermath of the quake, due mostly to the tsunami that followed the initial shaking.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 30 July 2025
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Jade Walker, CNN Money, 30 July 2025
People – mostly men – would come from East Coast cities like New York to ranches on vacation, often dressed in full cowboy attire, according to Bryce Albright, executive director of the National Dude Ranchers Association, an organization that has been around for almost 100 years.
—Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 30 July 2025
Many factors go into whether a tsunami will devastate communities or become mostly a false alarm.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 30 July 2025
An estimated 10,000 people lost their lives in the immediate aftermath of the quake, due mostly to the tsunami that followed the initial shaking.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mostly
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The ranking focuses mainly on ease of travel, while another ranking closely monitored by CNBC Travel, the Nomad Passport Index, ranks passports by five criteria, including taxation, and is more focused on global citizenship.—
Monica Pitrelli,
CNBC,
23 July 2025
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These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of northern Door County, including the following locations, Washington Island, Sister Bay, Rowleys Bay and Ellison Bay.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
23 July 2025
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The company's Pentagon contracts are primarily to design AI systems that crunch large amounts of data to come up with potential strike targets.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
23 July 2025
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Because that ring is still primarily a symbol of love.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 July 2025
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Soto’s defensive struggles contribute to their 108.4 fly ball multiplier, while 1B Pete Alonso and 3B Mark Vientos are chiefly culpable for their 123.2 grounder multiplier.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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Residents four years ago voted 3,022 to 439 to join the Trust for Public Land in buying Meadowood for more than $6 million, chiefly with the goal of preserving the former farmland and fields from large-scale development.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
18 July 2025
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But the visual result was stark, producing an FBI Headquarters building composed largely of tan-and-black squares looming over the sidewalk, broken up by an 11-story rear section built on massive supports.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
19 July 2025
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In February, deadly clashes between Syrian forces and local militias in the largely Druze southern suburbs of Damascus prompted the first major threats from Netanyahu regarding the fate of the minority group.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 July 2025
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In northern Nigeria, where the population is largely Muslim, most farming communities targeted in similar attacks are also predominantly Muslim.—
Emmanuel Akinwotu,
NPR,
26 July 2025
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Edwards also spent his retirement years being involved in the Prince Hall Masons, the oldest and largest predominantly Black fraternity in the U.S., and also studying his family history back to slavery, including visiting federal archives in Atlanta.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
24 July 2025
Adverb
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That means that most of the neodymium, dysprosium, and terbium that end up in EV motors, drones, wind turbines and even smartphones ... well, depending on supply and demand or even geopolitical landscape, China basically makes the rules.—
Joe Salas
July 19,
New Atlas,
19 July 2025
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While 34% of men reported working from home the prior year, the figure for women stayed basically flat.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
18 July 2025
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Labor Day has long been an unofficial mark of the end of summer — and the next three-day weekend before students and workers generally resume their five-day weekly schedules.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
23 July 2025
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For example, Neapolitan-style pizza is generally a bit wet and doughy.—
Mackensy Lunsford,
The Tennessean,
23 July 2025
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“Mostly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mostly. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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