as in mostly
for the most part
the Little House books are substantially based on the memories of Laura Ingalls Wilder
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According to Joseph Lautenbach, a wildlife biologist with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, the state has seen a mostly steady increase in its native rabbit species, the eastern cottontail, over the past 10 years.—
Emma Wozniak,
The Enquirer,
31 July 2025 -
Parents could opt their children out of the restrictions under the measure, which passed the state House along a mostly party-line vote May 10.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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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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City officials previously said that increasing this particular tax had a number of benefits: for example, it is mainly paid by people who are not residents of Aurora.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
23 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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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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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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The report defines the electric vehicle market as the manufacturing, sale and adoption of vehicles powered primarily by electricity.—
Melanie Marshall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 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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In 1967: Riots in Detroit began at the predominantly Black neighborhood of Virginia Park.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
24 July 2025
Adverb
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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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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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“Substantially.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/substantially. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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