as in mostly
for the most part
the Little House books are substantially based on the memories of Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Recent Examples of substantially
What this means is that someone who posts adult content on OnlyFans can pay substantially less in taxes than most workers with the exact same income simply by soliciting gifts from their viewers, because the IRS will consider those gifts to be tax-deductible tips.
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Ben Ritz, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The new study, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, found that 213 heat waves were substantially more likely and intense because of the activity of major fossil fuel producers, also called carbon majors.
—Julia Simon, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
Roussel’s arrival as CEO in 2019 has enabled her to focus purely on design and over the last few years Burch has substantially elevated her collections with better fabrics and styles that play off of classic American sportswear but with a decidedly Burchian twist.
—Wwd Staff, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Meghan's team has been arguing the statements complained about were largely opinions or were substantially true, and therefore not defamatory.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
The past two months’ job reports and a slew of recent employment data have made clear that America’s labor market has substantially weakened.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Harding presented a slide showing this year’s bird encounters substantially below the long-term average at some of those circuits.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The continent’s sole noteworthy LLM, France’s Mistral, is the exception that proves the rule, and still substantially smaller than those of global market leaders like OpenAI, Google, Meta, Deepseek or Anthropic.
—Tasmin Lockwood, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Notre Dame received a red-light warning for its policies after FIRE found its data and information technologies policy, which polices how students behave on the university's online network, can substantially infringe on students' rights.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
Ben Ritz, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The new study, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, found that 213 heat waves were substantially more likely and intense because of the activity of major fossil fuel producers, also called carbon majors.
—Julia Simon, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
Roussel’s arrival as CEO in 2019 has enabled her to focus purely on design and over the last few years Burch has substantially elevated her collections with better fabrics and styles that play off of classic American sportswear but with a decidedly Burchian twist.
—Wwd Staff, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Meghan's team has been arguing the statements complained about were largely opinions or were substantially true, and therefore not defamatory.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
The past two months’ job reports and a slew of recent employment data have made clear that America’s labor market has substantially weakened.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Harding presented a slide showing this year’s bird encounters substantially below the long-term average at some of those circuits.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The continent’s sole noteworthy LLM, France’s Mistral, is the exception that proves the rule, and still substantially smaller than those of global market leaders like OpenAI, Google, Meta, Deepseek or Anthropic.
—Tasmin Lockwood, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Notre Dame received a red-light warning for its policies after FIRE found its data and information technologies policy, which polices how students behave on the university's online network, can substantially infringe on students' rights.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for substantially
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Kiko mostly bypassed the Hawaiian islands with its fiercest winds, as so many storms have before, and will instead fade off into the Pacific Ocean over the vast western end of the island chain that remains a mystery to many.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The upside, however, to sitting through this questionable season of what has been a mostly dreamy series?—
Vogue,
Vogue,
11 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The contributions mainly came on special teams.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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This increase in unemployment was mainly due to relatively positive reasons, with job gains of 288,000 in the household survey and an increase of 436,000 in the labor force.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The area where the shooting occurred is largely commercial, including vehicle service, recycling and trucking companies.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Sep. 2025
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The play was high level, and both quarterbacks largely excelled.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
7 Sep. 2025
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This reflected higher capital expenditure in the period, Dunelm said, chiefly due to acquisition activity.—
Royston Wild,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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This unusual chemical process is confined chiefly around the comet's head, not its tail.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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But 10 days into our Patagonian adventure, a little water—okay, a lot of water—wasn’t enough to deter us from heading out on a Zodiac tour around the Tucker Islets, a small cluster of islands and outcrops in the Strait of Magellan inhabited primarily by Magellanic penguins.—
Stefanie Waldek,
AFAR Media,
12 Sep. 2025
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Much of the world's launch capacity today is used to deploy smaller communications satellites into low-Earth orbit, primarily for broadband connectivity rather than for the video broadcast market once dominated by higher-altitude geosynchronous satellites.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The group advocates for improving the quality of life and ensuring safer streets in the predominantly immigrant neighborhood.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Carlos Castillo, superintendent of Fresno Unified School District, which has a large, predominantly Hispanic immigrant population.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The best things to clean linoleum with are generally dish soap, water and vinegar, or a steam cleaner.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
7 Sep. 2025
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Our tester found that the technology along with the small grain size made the litter generally easier to scoop than others she’s tried.—
Kayla Blanton,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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The evolving advances and widespread adoption of generative AI have principally spurred this rising use of AI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Jhonatan’s story echoes that of many Colombian fighters, driven by a sense of duty, but shaped principally by economic insecurity that makes enlisting abroad a more viable and lucrative option.—
Rebecca Johns,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Substantially.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/substantially. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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