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Recent Examples of predominately
American buyers, predominately, want to breathe, post-Covid.
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The Editors,
Robb Report,
12 Apr. 2026
The practices that have been predominately led by women—the breathwork circles, the healing communities—become the market opportunity that male founders pitch to male investors using the language of scale, disruption and total addressable market.
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Lindsey Witmer Collins,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2026
The residents are predominately low-income, Black and Hispanic.
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Steven Walker,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2026
In 1957, he and his band, Wes Voight & the Town and Country Brothers, were signed by King Records, then predominately a home for Black artists.
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Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Mar. 2026
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The Editors,
Robb Report,
12 Apr. 2026
The practices that have been predominately led by women—the breathwork circles, the healing communities—become the market opportunity that male founders pitch to male investors using the language of scale, disruption and total addressable market.
—
Lindsey Witmer Collins,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2026
The residents are predominately low-income, Black and Hispanic.
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Steven Walker,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2026
In 1957, he and his band, Wes Voight & the Town and Country Brothers, were signed by King Records, then predominately a home for Black artists.
—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predominately
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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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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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Plagued by criticism and scandal, it was eventually dissolved by Congress and replaced by a new commission that decided to mostly fund community celebrations.
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The jurors mostly determine the truth except when there is no truth, as with the nonexistent hot-dog contest or gift competition.
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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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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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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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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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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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“Predominately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predominately. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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