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by and large, that information is accurate
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Recent Examples of by and large
Though a personal topic, experts say that, by and large, politicians do have a duty to be transparent about personal health matters with the public.
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Charles Trepany, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Charter schools are by and large businesses, and move into areas where there’s market demand for them, and not all areas have a sustainable market for charters.
—Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
This non-departmental public body, answerable to the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee, has by and large come through the last 15 years with its reputation intact.
—Ian King, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
Many Black churches played crucial roles in promoting the rights of Black Americans during the Civil Rights Movement — not by and large by promoting politicians, but by speaking biblical truths — including that all men and women are created equal in the sight of God.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
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Charles Trepany, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Charter schools are by and large businesses, and move into areas where there’s market demand for them, and not all areas have a sustainable market for charters.
—Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
This non-departmental public body, answerable to the House of Commons Treasury Select Committee, has by and large come through the last 15 years with its reputation intact.
—Ian King, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025
Many Black churches played crucial roles in promoting the rights of Black Americans during the Civil Rights Movement — not by and large by promoting politicians, but by speaking biblical truths — including that all men and women are created equal in the sight of God.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for by and large
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When competitors finally saw that Venture Global was legit, Sabel said, the company had three projects underway in Calcasieu Pass, Plaquemines—which is mostly online today—and CP2.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
25 Sep. 2025
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Black ritual salt is not safe to eat and is mostly used in witchcraft and spiritual practices to protect against negative energy.—
Lindsey DeSoto,
Health,
24 Sep. 2025
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The 5-star analyst mainly noted lucrative prospects in agentic security for CrowdStrike and the evolution of its agentic security operations center (SOC).—
TipRanks.com Staff,
CNBC,
28 Sep. 2025
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For 70 years, three families — the Joneses, the Hoppers, and the Creagers — battled for influence, mainly to score the coveted county jobs locals depended on for income, regularly accusing one another of corruption and election rigging.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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Listeria monocytogenes, or Lm, is a bacterium that causes listeriosis, a serious infection that primarily affects older adults, individuals with weakened immune systems, pregnant women and their newborns.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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However, the project’s current strengths are primarily systems integration and ambition.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
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Max & Helen’s is chiefly inspired by Maine’s Palace Diner, which is widely noted for its elevation of comfort-food staples.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Sep. 2025
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This evolved into a prototype chiefly engineered by Burrell Smith, selecting for its CPU the 8-bit Motorola 6809 as an upgrade from the Apple II's MOS 6502 but still keeping costs low.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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However, accessibility largely depends on policy, and tuition typically ranges from $5,000 to $10,000 a year.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
28 Sep. 2025
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It’s largely set on the gloomy campus of Stoneridge College, and brings Moreno-Garcia’s signature horror skills to the dark academia genre.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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In 1977, a neo-Nazi group called the National Socialist Party of America applied for a permit to march through Skokie, Illinois, a predominantly Jewish, Chicago suburb.—
Scott Simon,
NPR,
27 Sep. 2025
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The blue jay/green jay hybrid, a male offspring of a green jay mother and a blue jay father, has predominantly blue feathers, but exhibits black coloring on its face, similar to that of a green jay.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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So all movies were basically, that was the audience.—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Fear of mistakes have pushed firms to restrict use of open-source models and instead develop in-house applications, which are basically a server in the firm where attorneys upload their contracts and documents and start training an AI model on them, Emmert said.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
24 Sep. 2025
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However, surging production, led principally by Chinese mining companies, had cratered the price to a nine-year low, leading the DRC to impose the restrictions and in turn drawing ire from producers.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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By drawing his understanding of the king principally from Harvey’s travelogue, and likely a string of others produced in the English-speaking world, Welles ended up making his career promoting what was merely another caricature of an actual person, a historical figure, and an important one at that.—
Marlene L. Daut
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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“By and large.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/by%20and%20large. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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