1
obsolete
: in a forceful manner
2
: for the most part : chiefly
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you mainly need to focus on improving your golf swing
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Watson looked fine last week against the Houston Texans but was mainly used as part of double-teams on Nico Collins.
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Ted Nguyen, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
The reduction in expenses is mainly due to lower professional fees.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 24 Jan. 2025
Hurricane Helene tore across six southeastern states last fall, costing $75 billion in economic losses, mainly due to inland and coastal flooding.
—CBS News, 24 Jan. 2025
How Can Businesses Prepare? Financial institutions (mainly banks) would be wise to tap industry engineers to build an end-to-end tech solution to help stay ahead of this modern-day crime.
—Indranil Debnath, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
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Ted Nguyen, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
The reduction in expenses is mainly due to lower professional fees.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 24 Jan. 2025
Hurricane Helene tore across six southeastern states last fall, costing $75 billion in economic losses, mainly due to inland and coastal flooding.
—CBS News, 24 Jan. 2025
How Can Businesses Prepare? Financial institutions (mainly banks) would be wise to tap industry engineers to build an end-to-end tech solution to help stay ahead of this modern-day crime.
—Indranil Debnath, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Mainly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mainly. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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