How to Use mainly in a Sentence

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• Highs are mainly in the low 50s while overnight lows slip to the low to mid-40s.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
• Winds are light — mainly from the north at 5 to 10 mph.
  — Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2023
• Highs are mainly upper 80s and lows are in the mid- to upper 60s.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
• The cost cut is mainly due to lower coal and iron ore costs.
  — Trefis Team, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
• Overnight hours are mainly clear with lows in the upper 40s to lower 50s.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
• But this motel is unique — the rooms are free and the guests are all migrants, mainly from Venezuela.
  — Omar Villafranca, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2024
• There are no more than eight guns at the ranch, mainly used to kill feral hogs and snakes, McGillis said.
  — Michael Williams, Dallas News, 20 July 2023
• Like last night, lows are mainly in the upper 20s and lower 30s.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
• The sales decline was mainly in the pork and chicken segments, Tyson said.
  — John Magsam, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2023
• There will be only a slight wind chill as mainly light breezes blow.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2024
• The action mainly takes place in Greece, starting in the 1980s, but concludes in present-day Berlin.
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 24 Feb. 2023
• The approach has to be multipronged, and mainly focus on how there just isn’t enough space in the world.
  — Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2023
• Lows are mainly above freezing, with a range of about 32 to 38 degrees across the region.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2023
• Lows should again mainly settle to the upper 50s and lower 60s.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2023
• The device is mainly rotors, with four of them stretching about four feet from tip to tip.
  — Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
• What’s sad is that Gunna was mainly in jail because of his bars.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 18 Jan. 2023
• In the 1800s, those who could take advantage of leisure pastimes were wealthy and mainly white.
  — Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2024
• Skies will be mainly sunny and there’s a decent chance that winds will be lighter, as well.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2023
• Through Tonight: Some showers will move through, mainly in the hours around midnight.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
• Measurable rain overnight should still be mainly less than a tenth of an inch.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2023
• By Tuesday, the bulk of the moisture spreads eastward bringing the risk of flooding mainly to the Midwest.
  — Allison Chinchar, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024
• There’s a 40% chance of showers mainly in the afternoon.
  — oregonlive, 5 May 2023
• Revenues at the club doubled last year, mainly thanks to a big jump in retail revenues tied to shirt sales.
  — Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 3 Apr. 2024
• Cagnoni last week has three good games, one bad, but had no assists, mainly because of how cold the forwards are.
  — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 3 Mar. 2023
• Tomorrow night: Still that chance of a light snow shower, mainly south of town, during the evening.
  — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2023
• High temperatures should be mainly in the mid-40s, which could rise to the upper 40s in the city or in southern Maryland.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2023
• The cooler weather will continue next week with highs mainly in the 50s.
  — Dallas News, 18 Jan. 2023
• Fed officials mainly stuck to their mantra of higher-for-longer rates.
  — Alice Gledhill, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2023
• The forecast for Tuesday in Northwest Arkansas is a 30% chance of showers mainly from 9 a.m. to noon.
  — Tracy Neal, arkansasonline.com, 4 Nov. 2024
• During Trump’s first term, there was no visible breakthrough, but the level of U.S. support for Ukraine did grow little by little, mainly because over time there was a better understanding of the situation on the ground.
  — Nataliya Gumenyuk, Foreign Affairs, 15 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Dec 2024