as in mostly
for the most part
a predominantly middle-class neighborhood
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Recent Examples of predominantly
Additionally, recent developments, such as a surge of investors buying homes in predominantly Black neighborhoods and then leaving them vacant, cut into the supply of available homes and inflated the cost of buying a home in the city.
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Lily Carey, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2026
The global micro-drama surge is also the story of a predominantly female audience, hungry for romance and fantasy, sidestepping legacy gatekeepers.
—Chang Che, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
On Wednesday, Italian peacekeepers escorted Archbishop Paolo Borgia, the Vatican’s ambassador to Lebanon, to the predominantly Christian village of Debel, where they were met by church bells and applause.
—Angus Watson, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
Additionally, many women work predominantly indoors, which cuts down on their UV exposure, too.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 24 Apr. 2026
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Lily Carey, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2026
The global micro-drama surge is also the story of a predominantly female audience, hungry for romance and fantasy, sidestepping legacy gatekeepers.
—Chang Che, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
On Wednesday, Italian peacekeepers escorted Archbishop Paolo Borgia, the Vatican’s ambassador to Lebanon, to the predominantly Christian village of Debel, where they were met by church bells and applause.
—Angus Watson, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
Additionally, many women work predominantly indoors, which cuts down on their UV exposure, too.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predominantly
Adverb
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But the analytics show that this has mostly been an even series at five-on-five.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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The day will be mostly sunny with highs in the mid 80s across the region, according to NWS Melbourne.—
Garfield Hylton,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
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Neuroscientists have mainly characterized them in brain slices, where neurons are alive and can be activated but aren’t attached to a living animal.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
24 Apr. 2026
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Within it is a more compact Level 3 of 5 risk area, mainly centered on southeastern Oklahoma and northeastern Texas.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026
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Iran primarily responded by attacking shipping to shut down the Strait of Hormuz trade corridor along with striking US military bases and energy infrastructure across the Gulf region.—
Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
29 Apr. 2026
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The remaining droneship, A Shortfall of Gravitas, can support four-day launch cycle time while SpaceX will continue to use primarily LZ-40 for return-to-launch-site missions, Dontchev said.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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The latest news is, in essence, a third iteration of how best to expand Villa Park, chiefly led by the rebuild of its North Stand.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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Those rules are chiefly set out in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, or UNCLOS, which since 1994 has served as the foundational treaty establishing global legal standards for ocean usage, resource management, and maritime jurisdictions.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
16 Apr. 2026
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But with the $110 billion megadeal yet to close, the exec has been given a new contract ahead of his current deal expiring, and one largely with agreement terms unchanged.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Apr. 2026
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The origins of outlaw country music, popular in the 1970s and ‘80s, are largely credited to Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, but Coe was a seminal figure in the subgenre.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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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
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“Predominantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predominantly. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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