as in mainly
for the most part
the weather this month has been mostly mild
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But the supplement is mostly a supportive treatment in children with vitamin deficiencies, and taking too much can cause toxicity.
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Ars Technica, 20 Mar. 2025
But unlike many painting shows at MoMA, those works—mostly paintings, along with a smattering of sculptures and some prints—don’t just hang there, inert.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 20 Mar. 2025
While Hamilton mostly features hip hop and rap, 3 Summers of Lincoln is more traditionally Broadway, filled with anthems, ballads and enough catchy songs to eventually earn it a Tony nomination.
—Lois Alter Mark, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
As some know, director/screenwriter Elijah Bynum’s harrowing feature has been collecting dust on the shelf for two years due mostly to Majors’ problems, including his conviction of misdemeanor assaults against Grace Jabbari.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2025
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Ars Technica, 20 Mar. 2025
But unlike many painting shows at MoMA, those works—mostly paintings, along with a smattering of sculptures and some prints—don’t just hang there, inert.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 20 Mar. 2025
While Hamilton mostly features hip hop and rap, 3 Summers of Lincoln is more traditionally Broadway, filled with anthems, ballads and enough catchy songs to eventually earn it a Tony nomination.
—Lois Alter Mark, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
As some know, director/screenwriter Elijah Bynum’s harrowing feature has been collecting dust on the shelf for two years due mostly to Majors’ problems, including his conviction of misdemeanor assaults against Grace Jabbari.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2025
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Try These Two Easy Ways Flavor Gone are the days when instant was synonymous with weak coffee, bitter and astringent, and mainly made with Robusta beans instead of the preferred arabica.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
23 Mar. 2025
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Most of the developers of AI technologies are mainly focused on capabilities and performance, but more data and more compute won’t fix the bias issue.—
Reece Rogers,
WIRED,
23 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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Avoiding the Pitfalls of Greenwashing Greenwashing—the practice of misleading consumers about environmental efforts—was coined by environmentalist Jay Westerveld nearly 40 years ago, when hotels promoted towel reuse as an environmental initiative while primarily aiming to cut costs.—
Anjali Chaudhry,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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The 5 Best Comforter Sets, According To Our Testing What Is Down? Down refers to the soft, fluffy undercoating found on waterfowl, primarily ducks and geese.—
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
23 Mar. 2025
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The system is log-jammed here chiefly because there are too many bodies and too few pathologists and toxicologists to handle the load.—
Ames Alexander,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Mar. 2025
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Around 65,000 moved to the U.S., chiefly to the East Coast; also to cities in western Pennsylvania and Ohio.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA TODAY,
20 Mar. 2025
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Insurance companies across the U.S. have largely been successful at achieving these goals.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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That was largely the result of hard-hustling Omaha outrebounding St. John’s by 10 before the break.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
21 Mar. 2025
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Interestingly, the benefit was restricted to those who consumed predominantly dark chocolate, who experienced whopping 21% decrease in developing Type 2 diabetes.—
Paul Hsieh,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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With last summer’s signing Sander Berge acting predominantly as the sole pivot to instigate his side’s build-up, the remaining midfielders push forward to form a triangle on either side of him — typically Emile Smith Rowe on the left and either Sasa Lukic or Andreas Pereira on the right.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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And, for the record, my muscles were basically non-existent.—
Lorena Meouchi,
Vogue,
21 Mar. 2025
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Before that, there was basically nothing publicly linking him to this process or any other billion-dollar sports sale in the past.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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Custom software, developed specifically for a client, is generally exempt from tax.—
Aleksandra Bal,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Overall, the upcoming week will bring dry conditions, but generally light winds.—
Daniel Peck,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Mostly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mostly. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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