as in mainly
for the most part
our video collection consists chiefly of comedies, but we have a few horror movies
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What's next: The startup expects to manufacture 12,000 cells next year, chiefly for defense and aerospace clients, plus industrial tools makers and drone companies.
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Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 18 Oct. 2024
Housing production results from a complex mix of private and public factors, including material and labor costs, and land-use regulations that are chiefly governed at the local and state levels.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2024
However, one was a streaming movie made without any sense of quality control guardrails chiefly for a home audience, and the other was an esoteric movie that divided moviegoers.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2024
Fleiss promises that, in an era of increasingly anodyne screen stories about celebrities which chiefly serve to burnish their brands, her own tale will be welcomely unfiltered.
—Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Oct. 2024
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Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 18 Oct. 2024
Housing production results from a complex mix of private and public factors, including material and labor costs, and land-use regulations that are chiefly governed at the local and state levels.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2024
However, one was a streaming movie made without any sense of quality control guardrails chiefly for a home audience, and the other was an esoteric movie that divided moviegoers.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2024
Fleiss promises that, in an era of increasingly anodyne screen stories about celebrities which chiefly serve to burnish their brands, her own tale will be welcomely unfiltered.
—Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chiefly
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The big picture: The Harris campaign hasn't spent a lot of time in Illinois, mainly relying on surrogate Gov. JB Pritzker to drum up support among Democrats, including a $5 million donation to the Vice President's campaign, the New York Times reported.Carrie Shepherd, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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This crazy star seems to communicate with a smaller, five-pointed star to its upper right that is mainly light blue, though its loose weave of horizontal and vertical marks also contains other colors.Barry Schwabsky, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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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
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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
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They were primarily descended from a group of eastern Mediterranean immigrants.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
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With the election playing out in the battleground states, Trump and Harris visited California primarily for private fundraising events with wealthy donors.Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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In New Jersey, more than 500 fires have started since Oct. 1, largely because of abnormally dry conditions.Evan Bush, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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But Grant Fondo — an attorney with the Goodwin Procter firm who is part of Becker’s five-person, largely pro-bono legal team — tried to poke holes in Chandhok’s testimony, pointing to a series of emails from October 2022.Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Portland cement — the most common type, developed in the early 19th century — is made predominantly of a substance called clinker.Lara Williams, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
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However, as the 2024 election approached, Rogan's stance shifted, perhaps influenced by Trump's campaign push to reach younger, predominantly male voters who view Rogan's podcast as an alternative to traditional mainstream media.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Chiefly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chiefly. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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