predominantly
adverb
pre·dom·i·nant·ly
pri-ˈdä-mə-nənt-lē 
-ˈdäm-nənt-
: for the most part : mainly
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Examples of predominantly in a Sentence
a predominantly middle-class neighborhood
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Tariffs should predominantly be used to balance any unfair competitive markets.
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Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2024
That was a more flamboyantly experimental film than this one, awash with arrestingly strange imagery and sonic landscaping that foregrounded the disparate influences of a filmmaker born in Zambia and predominantly raised in Wales.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 16 May 2024
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Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2024
That was a more flamboyantly experimental film than this one, awash with arrestingly strange imagery and sonic landscaping that foregrounded the disparate influences of a filmmaker born in Zambia and predominantly raised in Wales.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 16 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for predominantly
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“Predominantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/predominantly. Accessed 20 May. 2024.
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