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the Little House books are substantially based on the memories of Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Recent Examples of substantially
The better-for-you snack category is one of the fastest-growing segments in food retail, which means the options available this Easter are substantially stronger than even two years ago.
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Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 30 Mar. 2026
Over the past three decades, Bank of America has invested substantially in the university, strengthening programs for student success, faculty excellence, research, innovation and community engagement.
—Charlotte Observer, 30 Mar. 2026
Highgrove was substantially completed in June 2023, according to court documents, and tenants began complaining about various issues the next year, most prominently their showers.
—Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 30 Mar. 2026
Matos, 24, saw substantially more time in the majors of the two, playing 178 games over three major league seasons, but never produced enough to stick.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
Taken together, the provisions have the potential to substantially increase housing supply and create low-cost options for achieving the American Dream of homeownership, an ideal that’s been slipping away.
—Bob Woods, CNBC, 29 Mar. 2026
However, peeling back the curtain, that support drops substantially when looking solely at younger Republicans and conservative-leaning independents — two groups that Trump made gains with in 2024.
—Elena Moore, NPR, 28 Mar. 2026
Diagnoses include a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, such as cancer or autism.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 28 Mar. 2026
But in reality, the campaign was substantially funded through a $5 million overpayment for covid-19 vaccination services that her family's company had received from the state of Florida, according to investigators.
—Arkansas Online, 27 Mar. 2026
Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 30 Mar. 2026
Over the past three decades, Bank of America has invested substantially in the university, strengthening programs for student success, faculty excellence, research, innovation and community engagement.
—Charlotte Observer, 30 Mar. 2026
Highgrove was substantially completed in June 2023, according to court documents, and tenants began complaining about various issues the next year, most prominently their showers.
—Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 30 Mar. 2026
Matos, 24, saw substantially more time in the majors of the two, playing 178 games over three major league seasons, but never produced enough to stick.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
Taken together, the provisions have the potential to substantially increase housing supply and create low-cost options for achieving the American Dream of homeownership, an ideal that’s been slipping away.
—Bob Woods, CNBC, 29 Mar. 2026
However, peeling back the curtain, that support drops substantially when looking solely at younger Republicans and conservative-leaning independents — two groups that Trump made gains with in 2024.
—Elena Moore, NPR, 28 Mar. 2026
Diagnoses include a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, such as cancer or autism.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 28 Mar. 2026
But in reality, the campaign was substantially funded through a $5 million overpayment for covid-19 vaccination services that her family's company had received from the state of Florida, according to investigators.
—Arkansas Online, 27 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for substantially
Adverb
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The new adaptation has to figure out how to update the screenplay to avoid the mostly exploitational way such relationships were treated in the dramas of the 1970s.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Unlike the sugarcane-ethanol success story, Brazil’s biodiesel, which is mostly made from soybeans, only makes up 14% of the diesel blend.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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By 2005, the publication—which got little advertising revenue and survived mainly on subscriptions, events, and merchandise sales—was the country’s highest-circulation magazine.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
27 Mar. 2026
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Prior work has explored ultrasound sensing mainly on ground robots, but applying it to aerial robots has been difficult due to propeller noise and weak signals.—
Nitin Sanket,
The Conversation,
27 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Shailin’s relatives in Iran—largely deprived of a voice themselves—told her to publicize their plight.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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These reforms, targeted mainly at commercial and industrial buildings in dense downtowns, largely missed the looming crisis in suburban residential areas that were slowly building themselves into a different kind of tinderbox that burned from the outside in.—
Noah Haggerty,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Congress last July ordered cuts to Medicaid and other programs worth more than $1 trillion by 2034 to help finance big federal tax cuts aimed chiefly at high-earning households.—
Laura Tillman,
Hartford Courant,
25 Mar. 2026
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But the maneuver comes with limitations, chiefly that the bill's components must have a direct impact on the budget.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The community Fogo Island Inn sits on Joe Batt’s Arm, one of 11 communities on the island that are powered primarily by a single economic engine—its fishery.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Apr. 2026
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The sharp rise owes to a cocoa shortage caused primarily by adverse weather and crop disease in West Africa, which accounts for about 70% of the world’s cocoa.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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That’s far longer than Camden Management Partners’ schedule for renovating them into a mix of predominantly apartments with some first-floor commercial space.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
2 Apr. 2026
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In late March, a missile exploded over the predominantly Christian Keserwan region north of Beirut, with debris falling on different areas.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The Pentagon has generally lumped it into the first objective of destroying Iran’s missile capability.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Rainfall will generally be light, with only a few tenths of an inch possible in parts of California, including San Francisco.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The story is principally set early in 1965, on the stark desert island of Qeshm, in the Strait of Hormuz.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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But the job of mayor of a big city like Chicago is principally a management task.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Substantially.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/substantially. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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