as in mostly
for the most part
you mainly need to focus on improving your golf swing
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Recent Examples of mainly
Like many cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin’s legitimacy was hotly debated during its rise, mainly because of claims of high volatility.
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Malana Vantyler, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Jan. 2026
In 2017 and 2018, Sinha traced fifty-four cases of mob violence in India—mainly following spurious reports of child abductions—that had been catalyzed by WhatsApp groups.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
This disturbance could provide a scattering of mainly light showers as early as Tuesday morning.
—Newsroom Meteorologist, Austin American Statesman, 12 Jan. 2026
But mainly, the defense went into overdrive.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
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Minnesota is also reeling from the ongoing billion-dollar fraud scandal, in which federal prosecutors say nearly 100 suspects, mostly immigrants from Somalia, stole taxpayer money by billing the state for nutrition, housing and behavioral health services that never actually happened.—
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For those who go above their hours, Garden City paid out $305,000 in overtime in 2025, mostly for public works and law enforcement employees.—
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Cotton told the Los Angeles Times that filming primarily takes place in the castle's downstairs portion.—
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And how has that censorship, primarily in European languages, influenced self-censorship within the Syrian writing in Arabic or otherwise?—
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The performance is forceful enough for this Bug to operate chiefly as a character study.—
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They can be summoned via the third-party app Honk, which chiefly is used by tow truck operators to find stranded customers.—
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While the law was popular among parents and child safety campaigners, online privacy advocates and groups representing teenagers largely came out against it.—
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In each case, agents shot at drivers or into moving cars – a practice that has largely been discouraged by law enforcement because of risks to public safety.—
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Irrespective of the lawsuit, Leakes had also discussed at length on multiple podcasts, including Bethenny Frankel’s, about the double standards for housewives, especially between predominantly Black and white franchises.—
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The deal gives Prime Matter, which operates predominantly in skin care, sun care, hair care and body care, entrée into makeup as well.—
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This will require data-sharing from other city agencies, principally NYPD.—
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Of course, bringing the Robertson story to life through that brilliant and vivid sound and music, but principally through incredibly in-depth character interviews.—
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His initial budget proposal, released last week, basically adopts the current spending plan, with a few tweaks that continue his ideological drift to the right.—
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The Kauffman Stadium outfield walls are coming in about 10 feet in left and right field, and they’re being lowered by about 18 inches basically everywhere.—
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Carthen arrived on the red carpet on January 11 wearing emerald green Christian Siriano, which showed off every curve, and generally stopped all viewers right in their tracks.—
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There aren’t many orchestra conductors in Charlotte generally.—
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“Mainly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mainly. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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