as in mainly
for the most part
our video collection consists chiefly of comedies, but we have a few horror movies
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Since 2010, its archrival has captured around 60% of that market, chiefly due to the superior range of its A320neo and A320XLR families.
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Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
1 June 2026
Harris has taken the religious patina of Alice Walker’s tale—most chiefly the Christian God, to whom Celie writes her heartsick journal entries after she is separated from her beloved sister, Nettie, by the monstrous Pa and the vindictive Mister—and dirties it, wisely.
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Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
That said, there are some Crocs are chiefly marketed toward either men or women, namely sneakers for men and wedges for women, and focus on men’s or women’s sizes.
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Bestreviews,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
In a probing piece for The New Yorker, journalist Jessica Winter took a hard look at Burden’s financial profile—and incidentally turned up some holes in the narrative that has defined her divorce as tragic for chiefly financial reasons.
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Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
1 June 2026
Harris has taken the religious patina of Alice Walker’s tale—most chiefly the Christian God, to whom Celie writes her heartsick journal entries after she is separated from her beloved sister, Nettie, by the monstrous Pa and the vindictive Mister—and dirties it, wisely.
—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
That said, there are some Crocs are chiefly marketed toward either men or women, namely sneakers for men and wedges for women, and focus on men’s or women’s sizes.
—
Bestreviews,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
In a probing piece for The New Yorker, journalist Jessica Winter took a hard look at Burden’s financial profile—and incidentally turned up some holes in the narrative that has defined her divorce as tragic for chiefly financial reasons.
—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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Seasonal increases in the virus are mainly driven by heat and warmer temperatures across the Midwest, which allow for a faster mosquito life cycle, and in return, viral life cycle.
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Lows will mainly be in the 60s, with some upper 50s north and west.
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The mostly White, progressive and relatively affluent district is among the most Jewish in the country.
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Mammalian scopes are mostly around 10 but go up to 20 for horses and just above 30 for canids.
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Fundstrat said the higher target was driven primarily by improving earnings expectations rather than richer valuations.
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Where to watch the Special Olympics The Special Olympics are taking place in Minnesota, primarily in and around the Twin Cities, through June 26.
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How deep that review goes, experts said, will largely depend on what investigators find on the ground.
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The area, a working-class and largely white part of Greater Manchester, is a top target for Farage’s party, but Burnham sought to turn back the tide, relying on his unique appeal as the region’s popular mayor.
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Oppenheimer’s note was principally focused, fitting for a global strategist, on how equity returns will be reshaped in a new regime.
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The laser targeted one of three ground stations, principally NASA's White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Table Mountain Facility in California, with a third, experimental ground station at the Australian National University's Mount Stromlo Observatory.
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Instead of working alongside Freedom House, the city took over its operations and let go of the majority of its crew, replacing the experienced Black EMTs with a cohort of predominantly white staff.
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The genomes also revealed a unique superantigen, or a microbial toxin that can increase an infection’s severity and activate extreme immune responses — one that appears to have predominantly affected children between the ages of 7 ½ and 11 years old.
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“Chiefly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chiefly. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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