as in mostly
for the most part
a predominantly middle-class neighborhood
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Recent Examples of predominantly
Despite her breakthroughs, Goodall, perhaps unsurprisingly, still often encountered barriers in the predominantly male science establishment.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Category 2 is predominantly the upper deck along the sidelines; Category 3 is the upper deck above either goal; and Category 4 seems to be the upper third of one upper-deck section at each corner of the stadium.
—Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
His family settled in Mississauga, a west Toronto suburb that, although increasingly multicultural, was predominantly White at the time.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
With a small team of public health students, a colleague and I spoke with residents from these small, predominantly white, rural towns.
—William D. Lopez, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Category 2 is predominantly the upper deck along the sidelines; Category 3 is the upper deck above either goal; and Category 4 seems to be the upper third of one upper-deck section at each corner of the stadium.
—Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
His family settled in Mississauga, a west Toronto suburb that, although increasingly multicultural, was predominantly White at the time.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
With a small team of public health students, a colleague and I spoke with residents from these small, predominantly white, rural towns.
—William D. Lopez, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predominantly
Adverb
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Nearly 1,200 people were killed, mostly Israeli civilians, including many attending a weekend music festival.—
Greg Myre,
NPR,
9 Oct. 2025
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Over three years in the NBA, Williams has never played more than 44 games in a season, mostly because of injuries.—
Doug Haller,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Once loud and bubbly, Thorley, 51, now mainly communicates by typing on an iPad, along with sign language.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
5 Oct. 2025
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This is because the fire will burn off mainly vapors, not the alcohol itself.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
5 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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There are also patchy or partial fall colors in the western part of the country, primarily in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, and Nevada.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Historically, people have primarily been consumers of media, not creators.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Today’s cinephiles remember Warren Beatty, age 88, chiefly for the suspense of Bonnie & Clyde (1967) but forget his intellectually demanding drama Reds (1981).—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
25 Sep. 2025
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Max & Helen’s is chiefly inspired by Maine’s Palace Diner, which is widely noted for its elevation of comfort-food staples.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Sep. 2025
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Coming off his strong game at Washington, this was another step forward for Sayin, who had largely been asked to keep the ball short in his first month as starter.—
Cameron Teague Robinson,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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Today, there are active farm-to-school programs in all fifty states; almost half of these started up in the past few years, owing largely to the influx of Biden-era funding.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
4 Oct. 2025
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The plan envisions a reconstructed strip supported principally by regional players that could stabilize the region and provide in the short term humanitarian relief and in the long term economic opportunities to Gazans.—
Asher Kaufman,
The Conversation,
30 Sep. 2025
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The relationships that Mark forms in the course of his career are similarly simplified—principally, his hearty bromance with Mark Coleman (Ryan Bader), who is first his trainer and then, entering the circuit himself, a competitor.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Predominantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predominantly. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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