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as in originally
in the beginning
the university was primarily an agricultural college when it was founded over two centuries ago
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as in mainly
for the most part
ketchup is primarily made from tomatoes
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The law restricts the use of excess revenue from building-permit fees, eliminating their use for the construction of buildings or other structures, and limiting that money primarily to code-enforcement functions such as permitting operations, inspections, technology upgrades and training.
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Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2026
The study, which primarily reinforces existing knowledge about COVID vaccines, sought to determine how COVID vaccinations impact hospitalizations, emergency room trips and urgent care visits.
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Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
24 June 2026
GLP-1s are primarily for treating type 2 diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and sleep apnea.
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Dr. Samantha Aquino Calpo,
ABC News,
24 June 2026
SpaceX has transitioned to launching its Falcon 9 rocket primarily from SLC-40 and has reserved LC-39A for Falcon Heavy launches while construction of the first Florida launch tower for its Starship rocket is underway at the same pad.
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Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
24 June 2026
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Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2026
The study, which primarily reinforces existing knowledge about COVID vaccines, sought to determine how COVID vaccinations impact hospitalizations, emergency room trips and urgent care visits.
—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
24 June 2026
GLP-1s are primarily for treating type 2 diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and sleep apnea.
—
Dr. Samantha Aquino Calpo,
ABC News,
24 June 2026
SpaceX has transitioned to launching its Falcon 9 rocket primarily from SLC-40 and has reserved LC-39A for Falcon Heavy launches while construction of the first Florida launch tower for its Starship rocket is underway at the same pad.
—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
24 June 2026
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The Battle of the Gullet (originally cut from Season 2 due to budget constraints) is finally here, showcasing the epic naval battle between the Blacks, Rhaenyra’s (Emma D’Arcy) forces, and the Greens, the King’s Landing loyalists under King Aegon II (Tom Glynn-Carney).
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Another ten minutes on the train over to the terminal – yes, the terminal our flight dropped us at originally.
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Seasonal increases in the virus are mainly driven by heat and warmer temperatures across the Midwest, which allow for a faster mosquito life cycle, and in return, viral life cycle.
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Lows will mainly be in the 60s, with some upper 50s north and west.
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The mostly White, progressive and relatively affluent district is among the most Jewish in the country.
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Mammalian scopes are mostly around 10 but go up to 20 for horses and just above 30 for canids.
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But the accord already faces threats, chiefly from Lebanon, with the fighting there leading to the delay in the start of talks.
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The measure chiefly calls for the 5% income tax rate to be gradually stepped down to 4% over a three-year period, but the case hinged on other impacts of the proposal.
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Again, the demographics in the North End are predominantly Black.
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Swain scored 1,509 points over four years at Columbus Africentric Early College, a predominantly Black magnet school on the east side of Columbus, Ohio.
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The United States Geological Survey said that although more resistant buildings exist, the population in the affected region largely lives in structures that are vulnerable to earthquake shaking.
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That move largely spares local governments budgetary hits that nonpartisan legislative analysts pegged between $2 billion to $3 billion annually.
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Oppenheimer’s note was principally focused, fitting for a global strategist, on how equity returns will be reshaped in a new regime.
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The laser targeted one of three ground stations, principally NASA's White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Table Mountain Facility in California, with a third, experimental ground station at the Australian National University's Mount Stromlo Observatory.
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“Primarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/primarily. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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