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Recent Examples of predominately
Indeed, the app's terms of service are written in Mandarin and it is still predominately used by Chinese users.
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John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Long persecuted minority The predominately Muslim Uyghurs are a distinct ethnic minority from Xinjiang, a massive, nominally autonomous region in the far west of China.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025
West Ninth Street in Little Rock emerged as a predominately Black neighborhood during the Civil War.
—Helaine Williams, arkansasonline.com, 14 Dec. 2024
SoCalGas internal emails from 2019 show that utility executive Robert Cruz was actively recruiting culinary leaders in predominately Chinese-American enclaves of the San Gabriel Valley as part of the company’s Californians for Balanced Energy Solutions campaign.
—Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025
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John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Long persecuted minority The predominately Muslim Uyghurs are a distinct ethnic minority from Xinjiang, a massive, nominally autonomous region in the far west of China.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025
West Ninth Street in Little Rock emerged as a predominately Black neighborhood during the Civil War.
—Helaine Williams, arkansasonline.com, 14 Dec. 2024
SoCalGas internal emails from 2019 show that utility executive Robert Cruz was actively recruiting culinary leaders in predominately Chinese-American enclaves of the San Gabriel Valley as part of the company’s Californians for Balanced Energy Solutions campaign.
—Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predominately
Adverb
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His triggers are people (predominantly men), dogs and large objects.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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Who is Clive Rothwell? Unlike Gibson, who put her life in the spotlight as a wellness influencer, Rothwell has lived a predominantly private life.—
Kelsie Gibson,
People.com,
6 Feb. 2025
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Working closely with our amazing cinematographer, Stéphane Fontaine, who had the unusual challenge of lighting this set mainly with practical and prop lighting.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
17 Feb. 2025
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On the contrary, Honda has maintained its annual profit prediction following third-quarter results that were mainly in line with forecasts.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
17 Feb. 2025
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Afrikaners are mostly white descendants of early Dutch and French settlers, who own most of the country's farmland.—
Reuters,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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Heavily wooded areas are accustomed to more frequent fires, which mostly burned at low intensity, clearing the debris and vegetation on the forest floor without killing the larger trees.—
Lauren Sommer,
NPR,
11 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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Matthews, who started 11 of his 19 winter ball games at second base, impressed Espada with his ability to handle the position, unsurprising for a player who was primarily a collegiate shortstop at Nebraska.—
Chandler Rome,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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At the Golden Globe Awards, held just weeks before Trump’s inauguration, the show was largely politics-free, with host Nikki Glaser and presenters mostly staying away from commentary on current events.—
Samantha Masunaga,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2025
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Mace has largely supported President Trump, working for his 2016 campaign but levying criticism against him following the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, critique that spurred Trump to back a GOP challenger in her 2022 race.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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These navigators locate long-term treatment programs, follow up on prescriptions, connect patients with the correct doctors for their other health problems, remind patients about appointments and generally try to keep them engaged in their own care.—
Moises Velasquez-Manoff Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Zak Mouton,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2025
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With PPOs — preferred provider organizations — people are generally allowed to see medical providers outside their networks, although those visits will cost more.—
Liz Weston,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 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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But those losers would get new jobs in a growing economy and basically everything would ultimately be fine.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
11 Feb. 2025
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In addition to rocking some of our favorite red carpet looks (her 2025 Grammys gown was truly one for the books), her Instagram is basically a shopping guide.—
Kleigh Balugo,
StyleCaster,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Predominately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predominately. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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