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Recent Examples of predominately
While about one-third wanted an immediate ceasefire, half wanted to continue fighting until all territories, including the predominately Russian-speaking Donbas region and Crimea, are brought back under Kyiv’s control.
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Gerard Toal, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2025
In Southern post offices, predominately white clientele balked at conducting personal transactions with Black postal employees.
—Sarah Prager, JSTOR Daily, 12 Mar. 2025
Sex education classes predominately teach high schoolers how to avoid pregnancy.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
Pre-Parasite, only 11 predominately non-English-language films had ever been nominated for best picture.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2025
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Gerard Toal, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2025
In Southern post offices, predominately white clientele balked at conducting personal transactions with Black postal employees.
—Sarah Prager, JSTOR Daily, 12 Mar. 2025
Sex education classes predominately teach high schoolers how to avoid pregnancy.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
Pre-Parasite, only 11 predominately non-English-language films had ever been nominated for best picture.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predominately
Adverb
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Asian nations also paid tribute, especially in the predominantly Catholic Philippines, where church bells tolled on Monday across the capital of Manila.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2025
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These architects’ developed an initial three-pronged strategy: to retain the essence of the property’s characteristics, to co-generate design ideas with family members and to build new structures predominantly with materials already on site.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Organized, potent thunderstorms are forecast to ramp up starting Thursday, April 17, with subsequent rounds of severe weather right through Easter on Sunday, April 20, mainly focused on the central United States, AccuWeather said.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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Meteorologists predict Friday’s storms will develop mainly south of a line from Ottawa, Kansas to Macon, Missouri.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
18 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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The study argued, however, that because the data centers would mostly not have been established without the incentive, their overall economic impact was significantly positive.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
25 Apr. 2025
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Steenstrup then came up with the title, which refers in Norway mostly to offspring of wealthy people.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
25 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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The 22-year-old is also popular on social media, primarily on TikTok and Instagram.—
Sara Vallone,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
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There’s the inevitable factor of the character being 100 percent secondary to Ray (this is primarily Brian Tyree Henry’s joint, after all, welcome recurring buddy-movie dynamic of Henry and Wagner Moura notwithstanding).—
Andy Andersen,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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For the past seventy years or so, the university humanities have largely lost sight of this core truth.—
D. Graham Burnett,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2025
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That is because 110 of the cardinal electors have been chosen by Francis and largely reflect his vision of a more inclusive church.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
26 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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More generally, Wright emphasises the importance of the simple fact that different dendritic connections appear to perform different functions.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
17 Apr. 2025
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Most lawmakers have been generally supportive of Trump's policies since his return to the White House, but Murkowski has been more willing to break from the party.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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The GameCube adapter is only supported on the original Switch for very specific games, chiefly Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.—
Matt Kamen,
Wired News,
16 Apr. 2025
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Yet, for all the frivolities, there are some key differences to consider, chiefly in the domestic schedules.—
Brett Koremenos,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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That basically would mean giving the extension money to Durant the Heat did not give to Jimmy Butler.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Apr. 2025
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After those talks, Mr. Trump publicized a plan that Russian analysts say was basically acceptable to the Kremlin.—
Fred Weir,
Christian Science Monitor,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Predominately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predominately. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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