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
And mainly, not a trace of her collection, which included dozens of scrapbooks.
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Literary Hub,
26 June 2026
Correlated Coloring Wujie Shen had spent his first few semesters at Tsinghua University focused mainly on geometry and topology.
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Leila Sloman,
Quanta Magazine,
26 June 2026
Here, beyond cultivation, those sit mainly in finishing.
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Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
25 June 2026
Amouage rightfully gets so many flowers from the olfactive critics, but mainly for its roster of EDPs and extraits.
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Adam Hurly,
Robb Report,
25 June 2026
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Literary Hub,
26 June 2026
Correlated Coloring Wujie Shen had spent his first few semesters at Tsinghua University focused mainly on geometry and topology.
—
Leila Sloman,
Quanta Magazine,
26 June 2026
Here, beyond cultivation, those sit mainly in finishing.
—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
25 June 2026
Amouage rightfully gets so many flowers from the olfactive critics, but mainly for its roster of EDPs and extraits.
—
Adam Hurly,
Robb Report,
25 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mainly
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The mostly White, progressive and relatively affluent district is among the most Jewish in the country.
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Mammalian scopes are mostly around 10 but go up to 20 for horses and just above 30 for canids.
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Fundstrat said the higher target was driven primarily by improving earnings expectations rather than richer valuations.
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Where to watch the Special Olympics The Special Olympics are taking place in Minnesota, primarily in and around the Twin Cities, through June 26.
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The result is a kind of dream memoir, including subtle elements of magic realism, chiefly in the form of a wise and mysterious tiger cat who leads Marina to truths no human can help her find.
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Tom’s journey to happiness (and, chiefly, Mary) also held another personal element for Quintrell.
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The United States Geological Survey said that although more resistant buildings exist, the population in the affected region largely lives in structures that are vulnerable to earthquake shaking.
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That move largely spares local governments budgetary hits that nonpartisan legislative analysts pegged between $2 billion to $3 billion annually.
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Again, the demographics in the North End are predominantly Black.
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Swain scored 1,509 points over four years at Columbus Africentric Early College, a predominantly Black magnet school on the east side of Columbus, Ohio.
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Oppenheimer’s note was principally focused, fitting for a global strategist, on how equity returns will be reshaped in a new regime.
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The laser targeted one of three ground stations, principally NASA's White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Table Mountain Facility in California, with a third, experimental ground station at the Australian National University's Mount Stromlo Observatory.
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This new book is basically a condensation and a dumbing down of those ideas.
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But the total tally obscures how there were basically two types of Davis residents, those living close to the project and those living elsewhere in town.
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While the showers will be generally light in nature, a few downpours are possible, mainly from the city and points south.
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Spending in California has generally exceeded revenue growth during Newsom’s tenure in the governor’s office, creating a chronic shortfall.
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“Mainly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mainly. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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