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by and large, that information is accurate
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Recent Examples of by and large
But by and large, risk — the idea of a company spending real money on a vision without an immediately obvious commercial upside — is dying.
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Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2025
Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Central banks, by and large, have one overarching mandate: to ensure price stability and control inflation in a country.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
While migration diplomacy does work both ways, richer countries by and large have the upper hand.
—Nicholas R. Micinski, The Conversation, 3 Feb. 2025
And the data shows that, by and large, today’s hunters are killing older, more mature bucks, and letting younger bucks walk.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 23 Jan. 2025
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Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2025
Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Central banks, by and large, have one overarching mandate: to ensure price stability and control inflation in a country.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
While migration diplomacy does work both ways, richer countries by and large have the upper hand.
—Nicholas R. Micinski, The Conversation, 3 Feb. 2025
And the data shows that, by and large, today’s hunters are killing older, more mature bucks, and letting younger bucks walk.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for by and large
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Smith made all nine of his shots, mostly on back-door layups and short shots in the paint, as the Mustangs (19-12) shot 65% from the floor and 82% from the free-throw line.—
Matt Le Cren,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2025
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This is a strategy that Google and Apple have also taken with their last flagship releases: mostly minimum hardware upgrades, but instead selling you on artificial intelligence.—
Ben Sin,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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At the company’s direction, Malone said, their model mainly compared Zolgensma to the only other SMA treatment then on the market, a chronic treatment called Spinraza.—
Robin Fields,
CNN,
17 Feb. 2025
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It’s mainly established that Kate and Jaclyn lead happy and fulfilling lives — on the surface anyway — while Laurie is struggling in some as-yet-unspecified way.—
Noel Murray,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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The company has billions in government contracts, primarily with NASA and the Pentagon.—
April Rubin,
Axios,
18 Feb. 2025
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With a couple of notable exceptions, the three-hour special primarily revived recurring segments from the past 20 years.—
Esther Zuckerman,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2025
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It is specifically engineered to monitor solar activity, and chiefly keeps an eye on the sun's corona — the outermost layer of its atmosphere — to help scientists forecast space weather that could affect Earth.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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Grier is chiefly responsible for bringing in draftees and free agents to help the team go far, but that has not been the case.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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As in Illinois, the Ohio institution’s collections largely originate from centuries-old burial mounds in a state where tribal nations were forcibly removed.—
Mary Hudetz,
ProPublica,
25 Feb. 2025
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The indelible impact Assyrians have made on modern-day Iraq has largely been reduced to rubble.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
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But there were concerns predominantly around funding the team at such a volatile time in college athletics, with the landmark $2.8 billion class-action settlement that — if approved — would significantly increase the athletic department’s expenses.—
Hailey Salvian,
The Athletic,
19 Feb. 2025
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The fact that the L.A. County fires predominantly spread house-to-house is evidence that building codes were sorely inadequate.—
Charlie Campbell / Melbourne and Canberra,
TIME,
19 Feb. 2025
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Garcia said Lopez is basically offering only a stick, and no carrot.—
Alexandra Glorioso,
Miami Herald,
25 Feb. 2025
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One project, spearheaded by a staffer now on administrative leave, according to Ortiz, sought to relocate a wastewater treatment plant in Richwood, W.V., that has been basically inoperable since a 2016 flood.—
Alana Semuels,
TIME,
25 Feb. 2025
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“By and large.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/by%20and%20large. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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