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On the corporate side, the theater chain said 15 employees were laid off, predominately in the areas of support center staff and technical engineering staff.
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Beck Andrew Salgado, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
According to the Connecticut Data Collaborative and Liberal Arts Action Lab, north Hartford is a predominately African American community in Hartford.
—Julianna D’addona, Hartford Courant, 27 July 2025
For generations, Mexican families have harmoniously settled — some legally, some not — in this predominately Latino community where immigration status was once hardly top of mind.
—Jacquelyn Martin, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
Postponements and cancellations also occurred in the Bell Gardens and Cudahy, which are predominately Hispanic communities, ABC Los Angeles station KABC reported.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 3 July 2025
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Beck Andrew Salgado, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
According to the Connecticut Data Collaborative and Liberal Arts Action Lab, north Hartford is a predominately African American community in Hartford.
—Julianna D’addona, Hartford Courant, 27 July 2025
For generations, Mexican families have harmoniously settled — some legally, some not — in this predominately Latino community where immigration status was once hardly top of mind.
—Jacquelyn Martin, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
Postponements and cancellations also occurred in the Bell Gardens and Cudahy, which are predominately Hispanic communities, ABC Los Angeles station KABC reported.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predominately
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Also included are funds for predominantly Black institutions and Native American-serving institutions, which are colleges that educate a large share of Black or Native students, but are not designated by the government as historically Black colleges or universities (HBCUs) or tribal colleges.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Charitable care systems began when hospitals were led by nuns who predominantly cared for the sick and poor.—
Megan Garnai,
IndyStar,
10 Sep. 2025
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In November and December, the above normal fire risk is mainly confined to southern California.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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People mainly wanna talk to me about that.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
13 Sep. 2025
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But consumers can now tap $3,500 in annual benefits, according to American Express, mostly in the form of credits offsetting purchases made on the card, more than twice the previous level.—
Hugh Son,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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Other than the online diary, Gendron reportedly received weapons tips in another Discord server where members mostly discussed guns and tactical gear.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Sep. 2025
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At the time of the girls' disappearance, Decker was living primarily out of his pickup truck, and occasionally at motels and campgrounds, according to police.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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In September 2025, the Coinbase Institute published an analysis on stablecoins, noting that tokens, such as Tether’s USDT and Circle’s USDC, are used primarily for cross-border payments, onchain finance, as a store of value, and as an efficient domestic payment system.—
Becca Bratcher,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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The talk show host had not revealed his children's names and has largely kept their faces off of social media.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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And largely that is replaced with people on devices or on video games.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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This rising use of AI has principally been spurred by the evolving advances and widespread adoption of generative AI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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The clip principally focuses on Jeremy Allen White as Springsteen and Jeremy Strong as Springsteen’s manager, Jon Landau.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
15 Sep. 2025
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More generally, the Nepalese public criticized the government’s measures disproportionate impact on ordinary users.—
Nir Kshetri,
The Conversation,
14 Sep. 2025
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Cities would also generally be prevented from imposing height and density limits based on how close a development is near a transit stop.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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This evolved into a prototype chiefly engineered by Burrell Smith, selecting for its CPU the 8-bit Motorola 6809 as an upgrade from the Apple II's MOS 6502 but still keeping costs low.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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Garlic honey is considered chiefly safe if made correctly, but side effects are possible.—
Brittany Lubeck,
Verywell Health,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Predominately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predominately. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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