PREDOMINATELY Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

predominately

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Definition of predominately

as in predominantly

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Recent Examples of predominately Grumpy and dour George I, who predominately spoke German and little English despite being an English king, despised his heir, George Augustus. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 9 July 2026 Meanwhile, the United States government has retooled its refugee program to prioritize Afrikaners, or white South Africans of predominately Dutch descent. — Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026 On Friday morning, voters — predominately Democrats like Layne — trickled into the Orange County Registrar of Voters in Santa Ana to turn in their ballots. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026 Ann and Nancy punched through a rock scene in the Seventies that was predominately led by males. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for predominately

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Another complaint has been that the newspaper has been mostly an aggregator of news instead of providing predominantly original news.

— Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
The participants were predominantly White healthcare professionals, meaning the findings need to be confirmed across diverse populations, the team acknowledged.

— Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of predominantly

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Treasury is managing yields, which looks like monetary policy, while the Fed’s balance sheet works mainly through the composition of government debt, which looks like fiscal policy.

— James Broughel, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
The center also receives waste such as leaves and construction materials and processes them into new products, mainly compost and cattle bedding.

— Rose Evans August 21, Idaho Statesman, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of mainly

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The National Weather Service has issued an extreme heat warning that applies to more than 1 million people in San Diego County, mostly across inland valleys, foothills and mountains where high temperatures will approach or exceed 95 to 114 degrees.

— Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2026
After all, horror isn’t exactly a Broadway staple and producers have mostly given up that particular ghost.

— Frank Rizzo, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of mostly

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The duties also apply to kraftliner, which is a strong paperboard, primarily used in the outer layer of cardboard boxes.

— Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
The city began planning the renovation of 16th Street in 2007, primarily attributing the increasing maintenance costs of its granite paver surface as the need for it.

— Logan Smith, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of primarily

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The economic outlook is also largely positive despite the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

— Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
Other sailors described to CNN conditions unlike their previous deployments, largely because of the war, which stopped the ship from making stops at friendly ports.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of largely

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Arsenal and Galatasaray have been in dialogue over several players, principally Martinelli — but there are no active negotiations over a potential transfer for Osimhen.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Trade along the route remains tiny compared with major throughways like the Suez Canal and is dominated by Russian oil and gas, which – along with a few other LNG buyers in Asia – principally flow to China.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of principally

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Asians generally have longer life expectancies than those outside the region—but longer lives aren’t the same as healthier ones.

— Angelica Ang, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Deployed as a No 10 and later as a striker, Wissa epitomised all that was good about Newcastle with his energy and drive, leaving a trail of Liverpool players in his wake in the lead-up to the second goal and generally inspiring those around him.

— Stuart James, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of generally

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Today, other drugs are more often deployed, chiefly benzodiazepines or the benzodiazepine Clonazepam, which also render a person zombie-like and more reliably submissive.

— Mattha Busby, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026
Beyond overall car performance, a pressing concern for Cadillac this year has been reliability, chiefly recurring brake overheating issues (below).

— Luke Smith, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

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