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Holden represented the predominately Black 10th District and became a spokesperson for the poor and middle class in South Central and southwestern Los Angeles, where neighborhoods struggled with drug and gang violence in the late 1980s.
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Jaimie Ding, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
The gusty winds aided in the spread of the fire, which was burning predominately in grass, up a hillside with one structure was threatened.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 7 May 2025
In Southern post offices, predominately white clientele balked at conducting personal transactions with Black postal employees.
—Sarah Prager, JSTOR Daily, 12 Mar. 2025
Looking back, when Kang began her career, the K-Pop industry was predominately male.
—Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025
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Jaimie Ding, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
The gusty winds aided in the spread of the fire, which was burning predominately in grass, up a hillside with one structure was threatened.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 7 May 2025
In Southern post offices, predominately white clientele balked at conducting personal transactions with Black postal employees.
—Sarah Prager, JSTOR Daily, 12 Mar. 2025
Looking back, when Kang began her career, the K-Pop industry was predominately male.
—Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predominately
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The predominantly green color of the image indicates dense vegetal growth—a sign of a healthy rainforest.—
Emma R. Hasson,
Scientific American,
1 July 2025
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Although the program itself is considered to be high quality and secular, its connection to a larger, controversial state curriculum with religious references — predominantly Christian — prompted concerns from a couple of school board members.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 June 2025
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This is Rivera’s fourth summer at the O’Neill after working in two other New England theaters that mainly operate in the summertime in idyllic grassy or watery areas: the Goodspeed in Connecticut and Barrington Stage in Massachusetts.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
29 June 2025
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His role mainly involves leading an HKU group that is working on the selection of the landing site for the Tianwen-3 MSR mission.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
29 June 2025
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With the move, Rocket is now the largest lender by far in the bridge loan landscape, which is mostly populated by credit unions, regional banks and smaller nonbank lenders.—
Dan Avery,Maya Benjamin,
CNBC,
24 June 2025
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The library will feature mostly non-Wonder Project content.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
24 June 2025
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Like so many other airplane procedures, dimming the cabin lights during takeoff and landing is primarily done for safety reasons, which a pilot and a flight attendant outline below.—
Katie Jackson,
Travel + Leisure,
29 June 2025
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La Paz’s comparatively modest number of visitors is, in part, a question of access: La Paz’s airport almost exclusively serves domestic destinations, with direct flights primarily from Mexico City and Guadalajara.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 June 2025
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More Han Yan/Xinhua via Getty Connecting the Dots Tennis, possibly more so than some other sports, is a largely mental game.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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As Iran dominates headlines, the Palestinians and hostage families caught up in the region’s longest war have slipped from the front pages, largely forgotten amid the devastating blows between two of the Middle East’s most powerful countries.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
25 June 2025
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Holland presided over more than a quarter-century of drafts with the Detroit Red Wings and Edmonton Oilers, and they were generally held in one place, with everyone from the executives doing the drafting to the players being drafted on site.—
Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
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And there’s no disputing that the high tariffs that Trump put on U.S. imports from China in his first term, tariffs generally left in place by former President Joe Biden, have had an impact on the trade relationship.—
Ken Roberts,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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The film’s most resonant moments and implications lie elsewhere—chiefly, in Spike’s relationships with his parents.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
25 June 2025
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The Senate bill directs the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service to auction between 2 million and 3.3 million acres over the next five years, chiefly for housing and related community development infrastructure.—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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Paul George basically came off the bench in Year 1 before blossoming in his third year.—
Mike Vorkunov,
New York Times,
26 June 2025
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None of the four Braves icons — Francoeur along with Hall of Famers Tom Glavine, Chipper Jones and John Smoltz — in the home broadcast booth could contain their glee June 8, 2023, when Ozzie Albies’ walk-off homer capped a third straight comeback win and basically ended the Mets’ season.—
Jerry Beach,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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