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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Recent Examples of chiefly
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.
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Cameron Kaiser, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
Garlic honey is considered chiefly safe if made correctly, but side effects are possible.
—Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 11 Sep. 2025
This reflected higher capital expenditure in the period, Dunelm said, chiefly due to acquisition activity.
—Royston Wild, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
This unusual chemical process is confined chiefly around the comet's head, not its tail.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for chiefly
Cameron Kaiser, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
Garlic honey is considered chiefly safe if made correctly, but side effects are possible.
—Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 11 Sep. 2025
This reflected higher capital expenditure in the period, Dunelm said, chiefly due to acquisition activity.
—Royston Wild, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
This unusual chemical process is confined chiefly around the comet's head, not its tail.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chiefly
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Among adolescents and young adults, the largest increase in deaths over the past decade or so was among those ages 20 to 39 in high-income North America, mainly due to suicide, drug overdose and high quantities of alcohol, according to the IHME research.—
Deidre McPhillips,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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The coins reflect a time of turmoil Archaeologists have confirmed that the coins mainly date to the 12th century.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Oct. 2025
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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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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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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
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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
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
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“Chiefly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chiefly. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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