as in mostly
for the most part
a predominantly middle-class neighborhood
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Recent Examples of predominantly
According to the task force report, about 2,155 residents live in the predominantly Black neighborhood, where nearly half of households live below the federal poverty line.
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Riley Bunch, AJC.com, 27 Jan. 2026
The campus has continued to serve predominantly Black and Latino students over the decades.
—Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026
Cedar fever season begins in December when nearly 9 million acres of Ashe juniper, aka mountain cedar, predominantly in the Texas Hill Country, start releasing trillions of pollen that blows northward into North Texas.
—Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Jan. 2026
Known for their exceptional thermal insulation, aerogels predominantly consist of air trapped within a porous solid matrix.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 26 Jan. 2026
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Riley Bunch, AJC.com, 27 Jan. 2026
The campus has continued to serve predominantly Black and Latino students over the decades.
—Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026
Cedar fever season begins in December when nearly 9 million acres of Ashe juniper, aka mountain cedar, predominantly in the Texas Hill Country, start releasing trillions of pollen that blows northward into North Texas.
—Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Jan. 2026
Known for their exceptional thermal insulation, aerogels predominantly consist of air trapped within a porous solid matrix.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 26 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predominantly
Adverb
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That contrasts with traditional bespoke or site-built houses, put up mostly on the property.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
27 Jan. 2026
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Continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until liquid released from mushrooms is mostly evaporated and mushrooms are deep golden brown, 2–3 minutes more.—
Hana Asbrink,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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The Chilean-Argentine-Italian co-production, was shot mainly in Mendoza, Argentina, with support from the Argentine film institutue INCAA that was extended before the current administration came into power.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
30 Jan. 2026
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Until now, the forces behind such outflows were thought to be driven mainly by intense star formation and possible black hole activity.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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While the biggest takeaways from the survey focused primarily on job security concerns, many respondents were regularly using AI and saw it as beneficial.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
4 Feb. 2026
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The black expanse of thin, dense and relatively young basalt from those centers stands in stark contrast to thicker, more buoyant continental crust, which is primarily granite but contains the full gamut of sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks and can be billions of years old.—
Evan Howell,
Scientific American,
4 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Kennedy expressed openness to building on modest reforms that already passed the House, chiefly more money for body cameras and de-escalation training.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
31 Jan. 2026
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Fenerbahce offered to take up Duran’s salary on a season-long loan at the start of July, yet his time in Turkey has been slow-going, chiefly down to injury.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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The European Union agreed Thursday to list Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization over Tehran's bloody crackdown on nationwide protests, the bloc's top diplomat said, in a largely symbolic move that adds to international pressure on the Islamic Republic.—
SAM McNEIL AND JON GAMBRELL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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Growth in services consumption outpacing goods expenditure largely reflects rising average income levels and would likely have occurred even without policy support, said Duncan Wrigley, chief China economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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This rising use of AI has principally been spurred by the evolving advances and widespread adoption of generative AI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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The most common type of gallstone consists principally of cholesterol.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Predominantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predominantly. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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