as in mostly
for the most part
your answer is basically correct
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Recent Examples of basically
Streep’s pair featured that signature high-vamp front, which basically means more foot coverage and more comfort, IMO.
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Eva Thomas, InStyle, 2 Apr. 2026
Distracted driving includes texting, daydreaming and basically anything that takes your eyes off the road for more than a few milliseconds.
—Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
And with gas prices being so high and the global supply being hit by war, the EPA is announcing this waiver, basically allowing oil companies to make this E15 longer into May.
—Kyle Cheromcha, The Drive, 1 Apr. 2026
Walmart is basically my best friend these days.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 1 Apr. 2026
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Eva Thomas, InStyle, 2 Apr. 2026
Distracted driving includes texting, daydreaming and basically anything that takes your eyes off the road for more than a few milliseconds.
—Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
And with gas prices being so high and the global supply being hit by war, the EPA is announcing this waiver, basically allowing oil companies to make this E15 longer into May.
—Kyle Cheromcha, The Drive, 1 Apr. 2026
Walmart is basically my best friend these days.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for basically
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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Golden State’s run came mainly from expansion draft selections as players like Burton, Thornton and Zandalasini all shined in bigger roles.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
3 Apr. 2026
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The population is increasing, mainly because they were protected (in) 1994.—
Paris Barraza,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 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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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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Control over the strait is now the regime’s greatest source of leverage, and the war’s outcome will depend chiefly on whether Iran still holds sway over it, and thus global energy markets.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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Those who read chiefly for pleasure are more comfortable letting details blur.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 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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Convenience stores and gas station minju-marts are generally open as well.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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The players and coaches feel more at ease, and a comfortable team generally plays better.—
Joe Davidson
April 3,
Sacbee.com,
4 Apr. 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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“Basically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/basically. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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