1
as in mostly
for the most part
the earth's surface is largely composed of water
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2
as in highly
to a large extent or degree
with this land purchase, the corporation largely increases its holdings in the area
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Recent Examples of largely
The study population was also largely White, relatively highly educated and had few co-occurring conditions, Holtzheimer said — so how SAINT may work for more diverse groups or ones with more than one diagnosis isn’t fully clear, though this wasn’t the point of the study.
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Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026
While the European troops are largely symbolic at this point, the timing was no accident.
—Geir Moulson, Fortune, 15 Jan. 2026
That was not a concern in 2022, when Lamont’s opponent was a wealthy Republican businessman, Bob Stefanowski, who also largely self-funded his campaign.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2026
That’s largely due to the soft, dreamy fabric that’s featured across all of their pieces, as well as their wide selection of quality jackets and sweatshirts.
—Kristine Thomason, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2026
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Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026
While the European troops are largely symbolic at this point, the timing was no accident.
—Geir Moulson, Fortune, 15 Jan. 2026
That was not a concern in 2022, when Lamont’s opponent was a wealthy Republican businessman, Bob Stefanowski, who also largely self-funded his campaign.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2026
That’s largely due to the soft, dreamy fabric that’s featured across all of their pieces, as well as their wide selection of quality jackets and sweatshirts.
—Kristine Thomason, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2026
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Minnesota is also reeling from the ongoing billion-dollar fraud scandal, in which federal prosecutors say nearly 100 suspects, mostly immigrants from Somalia, stole taxpayer money by billing the state for nutrition, housing and behavioral health services that never actually happened.—
Jonah Kaplan,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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For those who go above their hours, Garden City paid out $305,000 in overtime in 2025, mostly for public works and law enforcement employees.—
Scott McIntosh,
Idaho Statesman,
9 Jan. 2026
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Welfare advocates, long highly critical of the San Jose animal shelter, are warning of a potential legal fight if the agency fails to improve animal care — accusing the city of neglect, gross negligence and repeating violations of state law.—
Devan Patel,
Mercury News,
14 Jan. 2026
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Prior to the board's decision, renters and residents against the decision spoke highly about the mall, and its charm.—
Noel Brennan,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Ten states have chosen not to expand Medicaid to uninsured, low-income adults — an optional provision of the ACA that is mainly paid for by federal funds.—
Blake Farmer,
Miami Herald,
13 Jan. 2026
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The geocorona consists mainly of hydrogen atoms.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Jan. 2026
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Our friend Chakin Valadez will be greatly missed.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
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Scientists in Switzerland have recently come up with a recyclable epoxy resin that could greatly slash plastic production from aircrafts, cars and wind turbines which until now were almost impossible to reuse.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Jan. 2026
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Cotton told the Los Angeles Times that filming primarily takes place in the castle's downstairs portion.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026
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And how has that censorship, primarily in European languages, influenced self-censorship within the Syrian writing in Arabic or otherwise?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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The Democratic Party is looking to the post-Trump era, too, with divisions that are considerably more public.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
12 Jan. 2026
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The Phase 1 campaigning and gladhanding will be slowing down considerably this week as Oscar voters check off their ballots.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
12 Jan. 2026
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The performance is forceful enough for this Bug to operate chiefly as a character study.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
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They can be summoned via the third-party app Honk, which chiefly is used by tow truck operators to find stranded customers.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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There are shades of Jean-Paul Sartre’s Nausea here, the supreme dislocation of being a person in a world where others are so utterly unknowable.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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Meatball has utterly destroyed the Quincy brand.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Largely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/largely. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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