as in mainly
for the most part
the weather this month has been mostly mild
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But mostly, the Commanders’ offense was a scythe, cutting through the Lions’ defense at will, the key cog in the 45-31 win.
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David Aldridge, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
The Texans offense has struggled, ranking 26th overall in DVOA, an all-encompassing metric, and it can mostly be attributed to one thing: the offensive line.
—Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 18 Jan. 2025
The Chinese claims have led to disputes with U.S. allies across the region, but mostly with the Philippines, which Washington has had a defense pact with for decades.
—Brad Dress, The Hill, 7 Jan. 2025
Johnson has recently played mostly with center Cole Sillinger and veteran winger James van Riemsdyk.
—Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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David Aldridge, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
The Texans offense has struggled, ranking 26th overall in DVOA, an all-encompassing metric, and it can mostly be attributed to one thing: the offensive line.
—Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 18 Jan. 2025
The Chinese claims have led to disputes with U.S. allies across the region, but mostly with the Philippines, which Washington has had a defense pact with for decades.
—Brad Dress, The Hill, 7 Jan. 2025
Johnson has recently played mostly with center Cole Sillinger and veteran winger James van Riemsdyk.
—Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Hurricane Helene tore across six southeastern states last fall, costing $75 billion in economic losses, mainly due to inland and coastal flooding.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Jan. 2025
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The reduction in expenses is mainly due to lower professional fees.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
24 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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More than ten thousand refugees who’d been cleared to fly to the U.S for resettlement, including sixteen hundred Afghans who were fleeing their country, primarily because of past ties to U.S. forces, were left in limbo.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
The New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2025
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According to a policy memo leaked to Politico last week, House Budget Committee members are considering a number of reforms to federal student loan forgiveness and repayment programs as part of a massive budget reconciliation bill primarily intended to extend expiring tax cuts.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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Beyond the awe-inspiring beauty of the image, this portrait will be an invaluable tool for astronomers to piece together Andromeda's tumultuous history, chiefly its mergers with smaller satellite galaxies.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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To be sure, Trump may be using the threat of aggressive new tariffs chiefly as a bargaining tactic to win better trading terms from other nations, while inflation may continue to drift lower this year, giving the Fed room to continue cutting rates.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
3 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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But one prominent seating section — former presidents, first ladies and vice presidents — was largely muted.—
Bill Barrow,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
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That can be a concern for market participants, whose attention has largely been focused on the potential of the technology for more than a year.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
21 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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In places like Freiburg, where a group of predominantly Syrian immigrants participated in a gang rape that became a major news story, the influx fuelled security fears and anti-immigrant sentiment.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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The lawsuits have been filed predominantly in heavily Black neighborhoods, which property owners see as part of a mission to gentrify and redevelop their neighborhoods by pushing them out.—
Ben Wieder,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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And then of course, the courts are basically right-wing.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
20 Jan. 2025
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Essentially, the extension option was inserted to provide the players some more room if a deal was basically in place and the parties needed more time to hammer out the details.—
The Editors,
National Review,
20 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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The firms with experience negotiating those constraints don’t generally indulge in innovation, and those that prize capital-A Architecture avoid the long and frustrating gauntlet of New York’s housing bureaucracy.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
23 Jan. 2025
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The latter are generally official work obligations that individuals are assigned or request.—
Liz Guthridge,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Mostly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mostly. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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