as in mainly
for the most part
the weather this month has been mostly mild
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Recent Examples of mostly
The downturn, even if mostly at the bottom end of the market, has eased the scramble for grapes.
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Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
And if the tall ships convey mostly maritime elegance, the message the gray hulls send, international participation notwithstanding, is tougher and harder-edged.
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Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
30 June 2026
Of the ships entering since Monday, at least nine were supertankers, which had mostly avoided entering over the weekend.
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Alex Sundby,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Goal-scoring is up in this massive event being hosted across the United States (mostly), Canada and Mexico.
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Miami Herald,
30 June 2026
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Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
And if the tall ships convey mostly maritime elegance, the message the gray hulls send, international participation notwithstanding, is tougher and harder-edged.
—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
30 June 2026
Of the ships entering since Monday, at least nine were supertankers, which had mostly avoided entering over the weekend.
—
Alex Sundby,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Goal-scoring is up in this massive event being hosted across the United States (mostly), Canada and Mexico.
—
Miami Herald,
30 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mostly
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The maintenance cycle appears to be driven mainly by univoltine Aedes species, mosquitoes that produce a single brood per year.
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Ernest Shackleton, an Irish explorer, is remembered mainly for the 1914 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.
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Fundstrat said the higher target was driven primarily by improving earnings expectations rather than richer valuations.
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Where to watch the Special Olympics The Special Olympics are taking place in Minnesota, primarily in and around the Twin Cities, through June 26.
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Advertisement Sea Rangers restore seagrass chiefly in the Dutch Eastern Scheldt and French Étang de Berre.
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Larson has clashed chiefly with Bronin — rather than his other two opponents — during the campaign.
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Catholicism was largely presented as favorable; Jehovah’s Witnesses, not so much.
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Austria had one good look — a header that just missed — but largely been kept at bay.
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American barbecue has always been a unique mixture of cultures, predominantly Black, indigenous and European influences.
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No mandate states, predominantly centered around the South, had lower COVID case rates initially, then saw more spread over the summer, patterns that remained consistent over several years.
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Oppenheimer’s note was principally focused, fitting for a global strategist, on how equity returns will be reshaped in a new regime.
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The laser targeted one of three ground stations, principally NASA's White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Table Mountain Facility in California, with a third, experimental ground station at the Australian National University's Mount Stromlo Observatory.
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This new book is basically a condensation and a dumbing down of those ideas.
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But the total tally obscures how there were basically two types of Davis residents, those living close to the project and those living elsewhere in town.
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Damaged or bruised portions of fruits and vegetables should be cut away, or the produce should be discarded, and produce should generally be refrigerated within two hours of purchase, per MCHD.
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Coop — who has been practicing his knots, learning how to drive the tender, and generally being attentive and curious about his new job — does wonderfully, which earns him some praise from the bosun.
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“Mostly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mostly. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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