as in mostly
for the most part
you mainly need to focus on improving your golf swing
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Although financial compensation was important to cover medical bills and support their families, the women mainly wanted the truth exposed; at least 50 of them died before the trials concluded.
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Vanessa Armstrong, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
The news of Bowie’s death came as a shock, as the music icon only revealed his terminal diagnosis to his innermost circle — mainly family, close friends and a few colleagues.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
Speaking skills are celebrated while listening is mainly ignored.
—Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
As reported, the Labour government’s first budget, which takes effect in April, is a brutal one filled with 40 billion pounds in tax hikes targeted mainly at small and medium-sized private businesses, the middle classes, and the very wealthy.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 8 Jan. 2025
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Vanessa Armstrong, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
The news of Bowie’s death came as a shock, as the music icon only revealed his terminal diagnosis to his innermost circle — mainly family, close friends and a few colleagues.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
Speaking skills are celebrated while listening is mainly ignored.
—Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
As reported, the Labour government’s first budget, which takes effect in April, is a brutal one filled with 40 billion pounds in tax hikes targeted mainly at small and medium-sized private businesses, the middle classes, and the very wealthy.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 8 Jan. 2025
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The filing also notes that coverage of her went from largely neutral to mostly negative from August onward.Monica Hunter-Hart, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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That approach has mostly characterized U.S. policy in Asia ever since.Bilahari Kausikan, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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To maintain a primarily neutral color scheme, opt for creamy shades of white and metallics like rose gold to add richness and warmth to the coolness of sage green.Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Jan. 2025
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Aging takes place primarily in ex-bourbon and ex-whiskey oak barrels.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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The intelligence report, written chiefly by the CIA, appeared to close the book on Havana syndrome.Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
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The Main Zenbook Updates: New Guts for the Duo and Zenbook 14 The Zenbook A14 has the most going for it as a unique proposition, given its price and quality level, while these next two are chiefly component refreshes on existing designs.Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 8 Jan. 2025
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What To Know Lebanon's nuanced internal politics are impacted by shifting factions and alliances largely consisting of leaders who participated in the country's devastating 15-year civil war that ended in 1990, making presidential elections difficult.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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West was once worth as much as $2 billion in 2022, according to Forbes’ estimates, largely because of his Yeezy partnership with Adidas.Conor Murray, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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That measure is aimed at preventing neighborhoods from losing their main source of food or prescriptions, which disproportionately affects areas that are predominantly Black.Kate Selig, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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The 7,700-acre farm predominantly produces alfalfa for hay, runs a cow-calf operation, and grows winter wheat and corn.Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 30 Dec. 2024
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This is basically just a giant bristle brush that your cat or your very odd little dog can walk underneath and rub themselves against.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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What happened, basically, is that NBA players—once stuck with the dress code—embraced it.Maya Singer, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
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Front-line and now finally chic-to-be-geek, developers are always in the spotlight (for good and bad reasons) and generally regarded to be the stars of the technology world in the neo-cloud era of AI where the promise of quantum hangs close to come.Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Because counselors are generally licensed to practice by the state, clients are no longer limited to practitioners within commutable distance.Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
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“Mainly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mainly. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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