as in mostly
for the most part
by and large, that information is accurate
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Recent Examples of by and large
Artists by and large control ticket prices.
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Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
But those regulations, by and large, don’t include testing for or even considering PFAS.
—Patrick Sisson, Scientific American, 9 Mar. 2026
The people who were involved with this incident were not, by and large, involved in the creation of the AI Action Plan.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026
Picking out my wedding dress and stationery were definitely highlights, but menu planning was by and large my favorite part.
—Ivy Odom, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
But those regulations, by and large, don’t include testing for or even considering PFAS.
—Patrick Sisson, Scientific American, 9 Mar. 2026
The people who were involved with this incident were not, by and large, involved in the creation of the AI Action Plan.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026
Picking out my wedding dress and stationery were definitely highlights, but menu planning was by and large my favorite part.
—Ivy Odom, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for by and large
Adverb
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The new adaptation has to figure out how to update the screenplay to avoid the mostly exploitational way such relationships were treated in the dramas of the 1970s.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Unlike the sugarcane-ethanol success story, Brazil’s biodiesel, which is mostly made from soybeans, only makes up 14% of the diesel blend.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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By 2005, the publication—which got little advertising revenue and survived mainly on subscriptions, events, and merchandise sales—was the country’s highest-circulation magazine.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
27 Mar. 2026
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Prior work has explored ultrasound sensing mainly on ground robots, but applying it to aerial robots has been difficult due to propeller noise and weak signals.—
Nitin Sanket,
The Conversation,
27 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Evans and Rochell were re-signed to primarily serve as special teams cogs.—
Mike Kaye
March 26,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Mar. 2026
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And city residents question whether the strategy will produce lasting gains or primarily serve short-term political goals.—
Cleve R. Wootson Jr. The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
25 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Congress last July ordered cuts to Medicaid and other programs worth more than $1 trillion by 2034 to help finance big federal tax cuts aimed chiefly at high-earning households.—
Laura Tillman,
Hartford Courant,
25 Mar. 2026
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But the maneuver comes with limitations, chiefly that the bill's components must have a direct impact on the budget.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Where Farhadi concentrates on the script and the actors via images that are largely transparent and neutral, Haghighi truly thinks with the camera.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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But Young’s order reveals the scope of the deportation operation, which both governments have kept largely quiet.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Clipping has been streamlined predominantly on Whop, a platform that launched in 2021 as a software marketplace and quickly evolved into a central clipping hub.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2026
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Kratom is a plant native to Southeast Asia and is predominantly used to control chronic pain.—
Josh Kelly,
Oklahoman,
26 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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In the modern era, that’s basically a magic trick.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Before, during, and after the birth, the researchers were recording the interactions of Unit A via hydrophones—basically, underwater microphones.—
Elizabeth Kolbert,
New Yorker,
26 Mar. 2026
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To ramp up solar power even faster than Cuba did last year, LeoGrande said other countries, principally China, would have to be willing to double or more their provision of such equipment.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Rising electricity prices are being driven principally by rising prices for fossil fuels, especially natural gas.—
Liz Krueger,
New York Daily News,
12 Mar. 2026
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“By and large.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/by%20and%20large. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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