How to Use largely in a Sentence

largely

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• The story is largely true.
• The economy is based largely on farming.
• He is largely responsible for the problem.
• And for what its worth, Wall Street largely seems to agree.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2024
• Stronach’s appetite to foot that kind of bill is largely unknown.
  — Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 8 Mar. 2024
• The $172 million cost of the meals will be largely funded by the new surtax on incomes over $1 million.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
• Boise, Idaho Boise is one of the fastest growing cities in the United States, largely due to the number of startups that have put down roots in the area.
  — Nina Derwin, Redbook, 17 Aug. 2023
• But how has the group reemerged after we were told they were largely defeated?
  — ABC News, 31 Mar. 2024
• For three days, satellite photos show, the vessel largely stayed in place thanks to low winds and weak currents.
  — Matt Burgess, WIRED, 1 Apr. 2024
• Sterling’s role in Hulse’s case was largely to file court motions.
  — Mary Jordan, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2023
• In the West, the onus of compliance will fall largely on private companies.
  — Alex W. Palmer, New York Times, 12 July 2023
• Gaza has been largely sealed off to the outside world since 2007 when Hamas took power and Israel closed its border.
  — WSJ, 12 Oct. 2023
• His videos are largely successful with the children and teen demo groups.
  — Time, 13 June 2023
• But much overseas production — which has been largely spared by the writers strike — would shut down.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 June 2023
• While she’s largely known for her pop and R&B output, this isn’t the first time that Beyoncé has tried her hand at country.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
• Just how costly these events will end up being is still largely unknown.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 27 June 2023
• Ewers beat the secondary once on the long touchdown to Worthy, but beyond that, the group has largely limited the damage.
  — Matt Stahl | [e-mail], al, 9 Sep. 2023
• But the Biden administration has, this time, been largely silent.
  — Sen. Deb Fischer, Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2024
• They have largely been replaced by drugs with fewer side effects.
  — Sonya Collins, Fortune Well, 4 Nov. 2023
• Pittman admitted the choice was largely based on his Morning Show character, who works with his hands.
  — Shania Russell, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2024
• The 2024 Oscars were largely devoid of shocking moments.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2024
• Early on, there was concern about the loss of parking spaces, but Rawson said that was largely resolved.
  — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
• Chat Born in Synanon is largely about the passage of time, which can obfuscate, but also clarify.
  — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2023
• Both designers started from archival material and then, largely, put that away — a fact that is more surprising in the case of The Crown.
  — Esther Zuckerman, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Aug. 2023
• Last year Judge Terry A. Dougherty largely sided with the lawsuit.
  — The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
• The Duke of Sussex is set to testify in the first of his five pending legal cases largely centered around battles with British tabloids.
  — Brian Melley, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2023
• Voters were largely split along partisan lines over which group — the public or private sector — was more to blame.
  — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2024
• That fight was largely over residuals from movies that played on television.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 July 2023
• Those who are getting things largely right are letting off steam, calling out naysayers for being too clever for their own good.
  — Alexandra Semenova, Fortune, 1 July 2023
• Scott is likely to seek to highlight the ads' largely optimistic messages on the debate stage next week in Milwaukee.
  — Nnamdi Egwuonwu, NBC News, 17 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024