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
The ill passengers mainly experienced diarrhea and vomiting, the CDC said.
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Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
Instead the county was mainly assessing which funding streams would be affected by the shutdown, and developing contingency plans.
—Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Up until now, the band has mainly taken the shape of working from songs Hiyune wrote and building on them together.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
Rantanen produced at a better clip (about three points per 60, thanks mainly to his work on the power play).
—The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2025
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Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
Instead the county was mainly assessing which funding streams would be affected by the shutdown, and developing contingency plans.
—Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Up until now, the band has mainly taken the shape of working from songs Hiyune wrote and building on them together.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
Rantanen produced at a better clip (about three points per 60, thanks mainly to his work on the power play).
—The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mainly
Adverb
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The Uncut Gems star and wife Jackie tied the knot back in 2003, and have been tight-knit ever since, keeping their personal life mostly private while turning many of their film projects into family affairs.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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In October 2011, during the peak of Glee, Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk debuted a horror series that eventually broke ground as the first anthology to reinvent itself each season with a brand-new story, setting, and characters played by (mostly) familiar faces.—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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There are also patchy or partial fall colors in the western part of the country, primarily in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, and Nevada.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Historically, people have primarily been consumers of media, not creators.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Today’s cinephiles remember Warren Beatty, age 88, chiefly for the suspense of Bonnie & Clyde (1967) but forget his intellectually demanding drama Reds (1981).—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
25 Sep. 2025
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Max & Helen’s is chiefly inspired by Maine’s Palace Diner, which is widely noted for its elevation of comfort-food staples.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Coming off his strong game at Washington, this was another step forward for Sayin, who had largely been asked to keep the ball short in his first month as starter.—
Cameron Teague Robinson,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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Today, there are active farm-to-school programs in all fifty states; almost half of these started up in the past few years, owing largely to the influx of Biden-era funding.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
4 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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And for Blacks, in a city that was predominantly Black, to be able to see yourself on television on a regular basis meant a lot to us.—
Scott Talley,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Analysis of the site shows that the burial population had predominantly (77 percent) western British and Irish ancestry.—
Duncan Sayer,
JSTOR Daily,
2 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The plan envisions a reconstructed strip supported principally by regional players that could stabilize the region and provide in the short term humanitarian relief and in the long term economic opportunities to Gazans.—
Asher Kaufman,
The Conversation,
30 Sep. 2025
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The relationships that Mark forms in the course of his career are similarly simplified—principally, his hearty bromance with Mark Coleman (Ryan Bader), who is first his trainer and then, entering the circuit himself, a competitor.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Their food is basically the natural Ozempic.—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Third is that the front office, not the manager, held an unprecedented trade deadline fire sale, gutting 40 percent of the roster, including Carlos Correa and basically the entire bullpen.—
Aaron Gleeman,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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It was generally acknowledged that this was a World Cup without a genuinely outstanding team, after Brazil in 1970 and the Netherlands in 1974 had captured the world’s imagination with forward-thinking football.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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During the shutdown – which has no end in sight – park roads, trails and open-air memorials will generally remain accessible, but many visitors’ centers will be closed.—
Brian Todd,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Mainly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mainly. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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