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
Irene Lee has been a lawyer for 18 years, mainly as a deputy district attorney.
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John Seiler, Daily News, 8 May 2026
After that, eligibility is based mainly on body weight and health status.
—Jackie Fortiér, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
That front also brings a small chance of rain, mainly in northeastern Missouri, the weather service said.
—Kansas City Star, 8 May 2026
Until publishing Lolita in 1955, Nabokov’s novels mainly paid for his butterfly-hunting expeditions, a lifelong passion.
—René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
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John Seiler, Daily News, 8 May 2026
After that, eligibility is based mainly on body weight and health status.
—Jackie Fortiér, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
That front also brings a small chance of rain, mainly in northeastern Missouri, the weather service said.
—Kansas City Star, 8 May 2026
Until publishing Lolita in 1955, Nabokov’s novels mainly paid for his butterfly-hunting expeditions, a lifelong passion.
—René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mainly
Adverb
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Following those highs came a string of solid but unexciting records, which mostly stuck with Metric’s formula while adding the occasional left-field lyric about the Kool-Aid-drinking masses or confounding reference to QAnon.—
Ethan Beck,
Pitchfork,
4 May 2026
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Used mostly during financial crises, the Fed gives dollars to another country's central bank and receives an equal amount of the foreign bank's currency in return.—
Steve Liesman,Matt Peterson,
CNBC,
4 May 2026
Adverb
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While Hypersail will be primarily powered by the wind in its 131ft high sail plan, the boat will be configured to capture all kinds of renewable energy on its way across the oceans, says Ribigini.—
Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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Throughout the album, the beats are felt primarily in the ribcage and the gut.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
6 May 2026
Adverb
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Over the next 30 years, Squeri moved upward to bigger and bigger jobs, chiefly in tech operations and commercial cards.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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Hantavirus spreads chiefly when people inhale air contaminated with the virus, the California Department of Public Health said.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
5 May 2026
Adverb
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David Attenborough grew up largely in Leicester, in the center of England, where his father was the principal of a university.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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Democrats in Congress largely looked the other way.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
Adverb
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And people living in predominantly Black neighborhoods pay higher property tax rates than wealthier, whiter neighborhoods.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
7 May 2026
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Christian villages along the border with Israel have been mostly spared intense Israeli bombardment that has caused wide destruction in other parts of predominantly Shiite southern Lebanon.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
Adverb
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The biggest beneficiaries of Gulf defense spending in recent years have been Western allies, principally the US.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
13 Apr. 2026
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Both are principally manufactured by TSMC.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
10 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The two played basically every second shift as the Canadiens attempted to close the gap in the third.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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Yet this was the chapter of No Doubt’s story — basically the apex of its popularity — that the band seemed least interested in exploring on Wednesday.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
Adverb
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The adult wasps die during the year and larvae generally pupate and emerge the following year.—
Pamm Cooper,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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But Tom Peter, the mastermind behind the Lismore, Australia five-piece, is restless enough to have churned out three full-length records in just over a year, generally adopting the stance that demos and final takes are one in the same.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
8 May 2026
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“Mainly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mainly. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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