as in mostly
for the most part
you mainly need to focus on improving your golf swing
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Recent Examples of mainly
Plainly on the hunt for younger diners, Felss Masino succeeded mainly in alienating older ones.
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Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Code Avengers walks you through different mastery levels but mainly focuses on teaching beginners.
—Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
Service is mainly targeted at multi-family buildings and is limited for single-family homes.
—Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
The bill is mainly sponsored by pro-Israel groups who say it’s needed to block antisemitic threats.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
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Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Code Avengers walks you through different mastery levels but mainly focuses on teaching beginners.
—Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
Service is mainly targeted at multi-family buildings and is limited for single-family homes.
—Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
The bill is mainly sponsored by pro-Israel groups who say it’s needed to block antisemitic threats.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mainly
Adverb
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Natural gas is composed mostly of climate-warming methane but also contains other gases such as hydrogen sulfide, which is deadly at high concentrations.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
4 Sep. 2025
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The $81 million deal is mostly being paid with Tempus common stock.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Mercenaries are defined as soldiers who are contracted by third parties unaffiliated with a nation’s armed forces and motivated primarily by private gain.—
Rebecca Johns,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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Several private groups have launched their own satellites to measure atmospheric chemicals, but these have primarily focused on detecting localized methane emissions for regulatory purposes, and not on global trends.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
6 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The specialty retailer’s chief financial officer, Robert Ball, said Abercrombie has seen about $5 million in adverse impact from tariffs during the second quarter, chiefly manifested in the cost of sales, and expects $90 million net impact from tariffs for the year.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
4 Sep. 2025
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The Iranian contribution was leveraging the R&D from elsewhere in Iran’s area of operations—chiefly Lebanon—and multiplying the Iraqis’ lethality.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The area where the shooting occurred is largely commercial, including vehicle service, recycling and trucking companies.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Sep. 2025
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The play was high level, and both quarterbacks largely excelled.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
7 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The group advocates for improving the quality of life and ensuring safer streets in the predominantly immigrant neighborhood.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Carlos Castillo, superintendent of Fresno Unified School District, which has a large, predominantly Hispanic immigrant population.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Jhonatan’s story echoes that of many Colombian fighters, driven by a sense of duty, but shaped principally by economic insecurity that makes enlisting abroad a more viable and lucrative option.—
Rebecca Johns,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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This rising use of AI has principally been spurred by the evolving advances and widespread adoption of generative AI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The zoo brought in a vehicle similar to a garbage truck in order for the elephant to basically lean on to stand.—
TJ Macias,
Kansas City Star,
3 Sep. 2025
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Storing any kind of food, including your pets', in these areas is basically asking pests to come over for a dinner party.—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
3 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The best things to clean linoleum with are generally dish soap, water and vinegar, or a steam cleaner.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
7 Sep. 2025
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Our tester found that the technology along with the small grain size made the litter generally easier to scoop than others she’s tried.—
Kayla Blanton,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Mainly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mainly. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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