as in mainly
for the most part
the weather this month has been mostly mild
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The group, mostly young people, cut across racial and gender categories.
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Odette Yousef, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
Since the trial began, the Amazons have ventured out about three times a week to paste messages on both sides of the ramparts, but mostly concentrating on the intra-muros area near the courthouse.
—Catherine Porter, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
The AfD has been growing in popularity since former Chancellor Angela Merkel decided to take in a large number of mostly Syrian refugees in 2015.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Dec. 2024
The conmen target people mostly in their 20s, and reported locations for their illicit activity include Central Park, the World Trade Center, West Village, Wall Street, Chelsea, Hells Kitchen, Midtown, Park Slope and Brooklyn Heights.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 8 Dec. 2024
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Odette Yousef, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
Since the trial began, the Amazons have ventured out about three times a week to paste messages on both sides of the ramparts, but mostly concentrating on the intra-muros area near the courthouse.
—Catherine Porter, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
The AfD has been growing in popularity since former Chancellor Angela Merkel decided to take in a large number of mostly Syrian refugees in 2015.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Dec. 2024
The conmen target people mostly in their 20s, and reported locations for their illicit activity include Central Park, the World Trade Center, West Village, Wall Street, Chelsea, Hells Kitchen, Midtown, Park Slope and Brooklyn Heights.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 8 Dec. 2024
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The Viking ships now dock at Port Milwaukee's heavy lift dock — which mainly serves cargo ships.Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
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The era was marked by the arrival of new immigrants from Europe—mainly the modern-day Netherlands and Germany.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
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In this area of Transcarpathia, a historical region in Eastern Europe that is now primarily part of modern-day Ukraine, there are local residents holding onto their history, traditional lifestyle, crafts and cultural identity.Ross Peleh, NPR, 25 Dec. 2024
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Snow cover refers to the extent of land blanketed by snow, influenced primarily by snowfall and air temperature.Dianne Plummer, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
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The big picture: Meta's business leadership structure has evolved to align its business goals more with product development, instead of focusing chiefly on advertising.Sara Fischer, Axios, 16 Dec. 2024
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Beatles ‘64 reminds viewers just how much skepticism and outright bile the band faced upon their American arrival, chiefly from males of a certain age.Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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Arizona has largely benefitted from the CHIPS Act, which President Joe Biden enacted in 2022 to revive the nation's role in making microchips that power cellphones, computers, appliances, medical devices and much more.Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 22 Dec. 2024
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That represented a steady increase over prior data from 2018 and 2020 and is largely explained by pet owner sentiment around the decision to add a pet to the household, the group said.Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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Ice had predominantly turned into freezing rain by Saturday evening, but roads in eastern Iowa were still at least partially blanketed by ice or snow, the forecasters said.CBS News, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2024
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The Turkestan Islamic Party is primarily comprised of Uyghurs, a Turkic-speaking and largely Muslim ethnic group hailing predominantly from the sprawling northwestern Chinese province of Xinjiang.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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For context, my significant other and I live together and are basically married, except for the piece of paper.Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2024
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Cohn of course is notorious for being not only Trump’s lawyer, but the man who basically created who Trump became and still is even to this day on the precipice of another presidency.Pete Hammond, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024
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All in all, 2024 ended up being a triumph for those who chose style and substance over flash and frivolity … generally a good fashion rule to live by, in my opinion.Alison Edmond, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Dec. 2024
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In the Northeast, light snow is expected to continue into Christmas Eve, with accumulations generally under a couple of inches, reaching parts of the New York City Tri-state and southern New England.Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Mostly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mostly. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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