as in mostly
for the most part
you mainly need to focus on improving your golf swing
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Recent Examples of mainly
There is also 55 acres of wetlands on the property, which is mainly forest.
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Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 22 July 2025
This is mainly due to mites naturally accumulating more over time.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 20 July 2025
Walmart $399 Apple All the changes to last year's Watch Series 10 (issued in advance of the Apple Watch's 10th anniversary) were designed mainly to make the Apple Watch irresistible once more.
—Adrienne So, Wired News, 11 July 2025
This decline can be attributed mainly to the company revising its full fiscal year outlook (ending in June) in response to a slowdown in consumer demand.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
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Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 22 July 2025
This is mainly due to mites naturally accumulating more over time.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 20 July 2025
Walmart $399 Apple All the changes to last year's Watch Series 10 (issued in advance of the Apple Watch's 10th anniversary) were designed mainly to make the Apple Watch irresistible once more.
—Adrienne So, Wired News, 11 July 2025
This decline can be attributed mainly to the company revising its full fiscal year outlook (ending in June) in response to a slowdown in consumer demand.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
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Adverb
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The desert sand at the test site is composed mostly of grains of quartz and feldspar, with small crystals of calcite, hornblende, and augite mixed in.—
David Bressan,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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The victims were mostly young, gay men Baumeister had lured to Fox Hollow.—
Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
15 July 2025
Adverb
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The company's Pentagon contracts are primarily to design AI systems that crunch large amounts of data to come up with potential strike targets.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
23 July 2025
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However, the school found something in Oke, who had a breakout 2024 season, primarily as a nose tackle.—
Dane Brugler,
New York Times,
22 July 2025
Adverb
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Soto’s defensive struggles contribute to their 108.4 fly ball multiplier, while 1B Pete Alonso and 3B Mark Vientos are chiefly culpable for their 123.2 grounder multiplier.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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Residents four years ago voted 3,022 to 439 to join the Trust for Public Land in buying Meadowood for more than $6 million, chiefly with the goal of preserving the former farmland and fields from large-scale development.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
18 July 2025
Adverb
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But the visual result was stark, producing an FBI Headquarters building composed largely of tan-and-black squares looming over the sidewalk, broken up by an 11-story rear section built on massive supports.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
19 July 2025
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Subscribers largely shrugged off Harry’s Polo, which logged paltry 500,000 views to rank #3436.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
18 July 2025
Adverb
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In northern Nigeria, where the population is largely Muslim, most farming communities targeted in similar attacks are also predominantly Muslim.—
Emmanuel Akinwotu,
NPR,
26 July 2025
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In 1967: Riots in Detroit began at the predominantly Black neighborhood of Virginia Park.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
24 July 2025
Adverb
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That means that most of the neodymium, dysprosium, and terbium that end up in EV motors, drones, wind turbines and even smartphones ... well, depending on supply and demand or even geopolitical landscape, China basically makes the rules.—
Joe Salas
July 19,
New Atlas,
19 July 2025
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While 34% of men reported working from home the prior year, the figure for women stayed basically flat.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
18 July 2025
Adverb
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Labor Day has long been an unofficial mark of the end of summer — and the next three-day weekend before students and workers generally resume their five-day weekly schedules.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
23 July 2025
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But new ADUs were generally barred from neighborhoods zoned for single-family homes.—
Tom Daykin,
jsonline.com,
23 July 2025
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“Mainly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mainly. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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