as in chiefly
for the most part
the tourists were principally concerned with the quantity of the food, and only secondarily with the quality
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Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for principally
Adverb
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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 -
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
Adverb
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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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While primarily measured in his actions, Cromwell is outwardly exhausted.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
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
Adverb
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Leucistic animals may be mostly white or have patches of white coloration.—
Alice Jones Webb,
Outdoor Life,
21 Mar. 2025
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Over the next few years, Blockbuster mostly ignored Netflix.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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Infrastructure and landscape-scale projects that help protect communities from wildfires and floods are largely out of reach for local government budgets.—
Lauren Sommer,
NPR,
21 Mar. 2025
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Here’s what that means and what economics research suggests would be the impact By Meghan Bartels edited by Jeanna Bryner Confusion over tariffs has largely shaped the first months of President Donald Trump’s second term.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
21 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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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
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In the final episode of When Life Gives You Tangerines, the precious agony of being alive is borne out in the death of Gwan-sik (played predominantly by Park Hae-joon in these final episodes), Ae-sun’s beloved husband and Geum-myeong and Eun-myeong’s dad.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Principally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/principally. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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