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
That growth came mainly from direct response advertising.
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Samantha Subin,jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 29 Apr. 2025
The Gallup survey found that dissatisfaction with the availability of affordable housing had reached record highs in many wealthy economies, including the U.S., mainly because of rising home prices.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
With a nod to Indigenous science, Sweat says principles of holistic and ancient Ayurvedic medicine, which originated in India and is also practiced in many Latin American countries, will be utilized in teaching, including the use of products mainly derived from plants.
—Stephanie Stephens, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
Organized, potent thunderstorms are forecast to ramp up starting Thursday, April 17, with subsequent rounds of severe weather right through Easter on Sunday, April 20, mainly focused on the central United States, AccuWeather said.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
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Samantha Subin,jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 29 Apr. 2025
The Gallup survey found that dissatisfaction with the availability of affordable housing had reached record highs in many wealthy economies, including the U.S., mainly because of rising home prices.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
With a nod to Indigenous science, Sweat says principles of holistic and ancient Ayurvedic medicine, which originated in India and is also practiced in many Latin American countries, will be utilized in teaching, including the use of products mainly derived from plants.
—Stephanie Stephens, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
Organized, potent thunderstorms are forecast to ramp up starting Thursday, April 17, with subsequent rounds of severe weather right through Easter on Sunday, April 20, mainly focused on the central United States, AccuWeather said.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mainly
Adverb
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The study argued, however, that because the data centers would mostly not have been established without the incentive, their overall economic impact was significantly positive.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
25 Apr. 2025
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Washington, who the team had used mostly in the nickel, played alongside him.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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Administration officials often argue that in both cases, the president is primarily concerned about foreign interference and its impact on national security.—
Shannon K. Kingston,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2025
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These initiatives are primarily funded through taxation, which, yes, is high.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Computershare said this uplift was thanks chiefly to a 6.6% increase at AstraZeneca.—
Royston Wild,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Of course, not everyone goes to college chiefly to earn a high income — education can be its own reward, after all.—
Alain Sherter,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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The Trump administration first designated the Houthi rebels as a terrorist organization in 2021, but the designation was revoked by Democratic President Joe Biden, largely to assist with Yemen's humanitarian crisis, often described as one of the worst in the world.—
Neda Ulaby,
NPR,
26 Apr. 2025
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For the past seventy years or so, the university humanities have largely lost sight of this core truth.—
D. Graham Burnett,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2025
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Asian nations also paid tribute, especially in the predominantly Catholic Philippines, where church bells tolled on Monday across the capital of Manila.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2025
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These architects’ developed an initial three-pronged strategy: to retain the essence of the property’s characteristics, to co-generate design ideas with family members and to build new structures predominantly with materials already on site.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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That basically would mean giving the extension money to Durant the Heat did not give to Jimmy Butler.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Apr. 2025
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After those talks, Mr. Trump publicized a plan that Russian analysts say was basically acceptable to the Kremlin.—
Fred Weir,
Christian Science Monitor,
25 Apr. 2025
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Staff counselors are generally college students or high school seniors, the camp's website says.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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This would usually happen on the Friday before a game, by which time the media throng was generally limited to beat writers who know their X’s and O’s.—
Steve Buckley,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Mainly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mainly. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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