PREDOMINATELY Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

predominately

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Definition of predominately

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Recent Examples of predominately Their efforts at Greenwood Cemetery, a predominately Black cemetery that serves as the final resting place for more than 800 Black veterans, marked the organization’s 12th year of hosting a community outreach day during its annual convention. — Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Aug. 2026 Cardenas played alongside Reales Dominguez for two years at Castlemont High School in East Oakland, one of the city’s poorest, predominately Black and Latino neighborhoods known for its high number of homicides. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Because public schools are predominately funded by property taxes and state money, in general, lower-income communities have schools with less money. — Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2026 Ticket buyers were predominately male (about 61%) and many were on the younger side, with slightly more than half the audience under the age of 25, according to PostTrak exit polls. — Lindsey Bahr, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for predominately

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As the military-style helicopter hovered above them, attendees from the rural, predominantly Latino community, began to get nervous.

— Philip Wang, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
While bold in its coloring, the new Santa style isn’t the first time Michael Jordan’s classic Air Jordan 3 has been given a predominantly red makeover.

— Riley Jones, Footwear News, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of predominantly

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People went through the admission and security checkpoints without issues, and the event’s early evening acts enjoyed mostly dry stages with light, intermittent rain.

— Isabel Rivera, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026
Though their loss to the Vikings was mostly to a backup quarterback there as well.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of mostly

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More missiles, many more options This would significantly expand the ship’s ability to protect an entire naval task group, rather than primarily concentrating on defending itself and nearby assets.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
Helium is primarily produced as a byproduct of natural gas processing.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of primarily

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But the one question that has come up time and again -- what to do with drivers whose jobs would be eliminated -- remains largely unanswered.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
That is enough for engineering, because engineering is largely a text-generation problem.

— Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of largely

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Both the founders had worked at other New York galleries, Klein principally with Bertrand Delacroix and Massey at Mulherin and Pollard.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
At the beginning of this century, Andermatt was a quiet settlement in the Ursern Valley, known principally to committed skiers, mountaineers and the Swiss military.

— Nick Scott, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of principally

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Outgoing ranking members Angie Craig of Minnesota and Nydia Velázquez of New York are also behind, though retiring members and frontliners generally don’t pay dues in full.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Southern accented candidates are generally heard as more conservative than those without a Southern accent, particularly to Democratic listeners.

— Valerie M. Fridland, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of generally

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Billionaires have poured hundreds of millions into super political action committees (super PACs) for campaign ads—chiefly supporting Republican candidates in tight Senate races.

— Connor Greene, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
Long before launch, the team faced obstacles that nearly thwarted the endeavor — chiefly, two rejections from NASA — before finally securing the green light for the $1 billion project under the New Frontiers Program in 2011.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 20 Oct. 2026

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