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Examples of mostly in a Sentence
the weather this month has been mostly mild
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In a study published on November 14th in Geochemical Perspective Letters, the experts explained that isotopic dating and analysis provides chemical evidence that the Lafayette Meteorite mostly likely interacted with liquid water while the rock first formed roughly 742 million years ago.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
Those just visiting Charlottetown will enjoy wandering around a charming, mostly flat town with ample restaurants, bookshops and other attractions.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
The 23-year-old has displayed a handful of encouraging individual moments, but the results have been mostly similar for the bench as a unit.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 11 Nov. 2024
The trail to the resort site is along a mostly flat shelf that borders the southern shore of Twin Lakes, 22 miles from town.
—James Dziezynski, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2024
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First Known Use
1563, in the meaning defined above
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“Mostly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mostly. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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