as in mostly
for the most part
a predominantly middle-class neighborhood
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Recent Examples of predominantly
Maloy will face first-time Democratic challenger, longtime engineer and educator Kent Stewart Udell, in November's general election in the predominantly Republican district.
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Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
The lice live in dry caves and feed predominantly on bat guano.
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Elizabeth Kolbert,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
Eight candidates will appear on the ballot in August and one qualified as a write-in for the district, which covers many predominantly Black neighborhoods in the northernmost stretch of Dade County.
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Austin Horn,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026
In the 1970s, Dilworth was that predominantly gay section of the city, Cobb said.
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Charlotte Observer,
22 June 2026
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Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
The lice live in dry caves and feed predominantly on bat guano.
—
Elizabeth Kolbert,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
Eight candidates will appear on the ballot in August and one qualified as a write-in for the district, which covers many predominantly Black neighborhoods in the northernmost stretch of Dade County.
—
Austin Horn,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2026
In the 1970s, Dilworth was that predominantly gay section of the city, Cobb said.
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Charlotte Observer,
22 June 2026
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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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Seasonal increases in the virus are mainly driven by heat and warmer temperatures across the Midwest, which allow for a faster mosquito life cycle, and in return, viral life cycle.
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Lows will mainly be in the 60s, with some upper 50s north and west.
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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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But the accord already faces threats, chiefly from Lebanon, with the fighting there leading to the delay in the start of talks.
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The measure chiefly calls for the 5% income tax rate to be gradually stepped down to 4% over a three-year period, but the case hinged on other impacts of the proposal.
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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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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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“Predominantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predominantly. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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