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by and large, that information is accurate
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Recent Examples of by and large
Despite pressure to act, Americans are, by and large, opposed to raising the FRA.
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
The work, by and large, is sincere and autobiographical and deeply compelling.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
But by and large, those professionals didn’t understand how to help, Robers said.
—Cleo Krejci, jsonline.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
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Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
The work, by and large, is sincere and autobiographical and deeply compelling.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
But by and large, those professionals didn’t understand how to help, Robers said.
—Cleo Krejci, jsonline.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for by and large
Adverb
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Randy has worked for the firm since 1991, handling mostly personal injury cases, according to the family law firm's website.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
15 Oct. 2025
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Now, the company has launched Wings—a collection of mostly fine jewelry that’s less literal and more abstract.—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
15 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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As the book of Ecclesiastes notes, nothing is ever really new, mainly because everything has always been new.—
Alex Kirshner,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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Throughout his reign of terror, mainly in the 1970s, he was known to have had at least 33 victims.—
Alex Gurley,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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But for all that lean bulkers profess online that their physical changes serve their health, many of them are primarily motivated by aesthetics.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
17 Oct. 2025
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The answers to these questions are the subject of an exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts of close to 100 works — primarily contemporary — by 62 Anishinaabe artists from 21 tribes from Michigan and the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada.—
Jane L. Levere,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Tea was consumed chiefly in private; Mother poured out.—
Jane Kamensky,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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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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However, unlike beer or cheese, where microbes are intentionally introduced and controlled, fermentation in cocoa beans is a spontaneous process and largely uncontrolled.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
18 Oct. 2025
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The Ellison family has 100% voting control over Paramount Skydance; the Paramount-Skydance deal was largely bankrolled by Oracle founder Larry Ellison (David’s father).—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
18 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The Bangladeshi ‘Gen Z revolution’ involved weeks of intense protests, predominantly led by students, and resulted in the ousting of the nation’s long-serving leader Sheikh Hasina.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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The children were predominantly Black, and Lorincz, a white woman then in her late fifties, interpreted their ordinary play as an ongoing crime, or a conspiracy to drive her insane.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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All that did was basically balance out the four division series, where the home teams went 12-6.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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For those who treat their java ritual as a sacred chemistry experiment, the Fellow Tally Pro Precision scale, which has three modes for perfect proportions, is basically like having your own café.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
15 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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This crowd-pleaser doesn’t principally tell Jarrett’s story, though, but that of the promoter, Vera Brandes, who began booking musicians as a teenager and was not yet 20 at the time of Jarrett’s triumph.—
Ben Kenigsberg,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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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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“By and large.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/by%20and%20large. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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