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for the most part
by and large, that information is accurate
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Recent Examples of by and large
As Finebaum said on Pablo Torre’s recent podcast, his audience by and large isn’t reading The New York Times or listening to NPR.
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Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 16 Jan. 2025
Animated movies, by and large, haven’t been great to moms.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025
While buyers above 59th Street on both the East and West Sides still enjoy proximity to (and sometimes views of) Central Park and many of the city’s best private schools, these neighborhoods, by and large, just no longer seem cool.
—Frederick Peters, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
But by and large, these groups and others like them existed outside the mainstream.
—Kate Morgan, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 16 Jan. 2025
Animated movies, by and large, haven’t been great to moms.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025
While buyers above 59th Street on both the East and West Sides still enjoy proximity to (and sometimes views of) Central Park and many of the city’s best private schools, these neighborhoods, by and large, just no longer seem cool.
—Frederick Peters, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
But by and large, these groups and others like them existed outside the mainstream.
—Kate Morgan, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for by and large
Adverb
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Asia-Pacific markets were mostly higher Friday, and U.S. stock futures also rose in the early hours.—
Ganesh Rao,Chloe Taylor,Jenni Reid,
CNBC,
31 Jan. 2025
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Around 250 were abducted when Hamas stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians.—
Julia Frankel,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2025
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Hurricane Helene tore across six southeastern states last fall, costing $75 billion in economic losses, mainly due to inland and coastal flooding.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Jan. 2025
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The reduction in expenses is mainly due to lower professional fees.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
24 Jan. 2025
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Channing had been primarily a theater actress, and 1975’s The Fortune, directed by Mike Nichols and co-starring Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson, was meant to be her big break.—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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According to a policy memo leaked to Politico last week, House Budget Committee members are considering a number of reforms to federal student loan forgiveness and repayment programs as part of a massive budget reconciliation bill primarily intended to extend expiring tax cuts.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Beyond the awe-inspiring beauty of the image, this portrait will be an invaluable tool for astronomers to piece together Andromeda's tumultuous history, chiefly its mergers with smaller satellite galaxies.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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To be sure, Trump may be using the threat of aggressive new tariffs chiefly as a bargaining tactic to win better trading terms from other nations, while inflation may continue to drift lower this year, giving the Fed room to continue cutting rates.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
3 Jan. 2025
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Adding him to the roster appears tricky, with a full 40-man roster and the club’s position-player group largely set.—
Fabian Ardaya,
The Athletic,
2 Feb. 2025
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Its remarkable flexibility — allowing relationships between Sims of any gender since 2000, as well as support for a healthy modding community — has kept it socially relevant over time like few other video game series, even as its core appeal remains largely unchanged.—
Susan Stone,
NPR,
1 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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In places like Freiburg, where a group of predominantly Syrian immigrants participated in a gang rape that became a major news story, the influx fuelled security fears and anti-immigrant sentiment.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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The lawsuits have been filed predominantly in heavily Black neighborhoods, which property owners see as part of a mission to gentrify and redevelop their neighborhoods by pushing them out.—
Ben Wieder,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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Although our grandmothers kept it on the countertop, experts today recommend storing it in the refrigerator up to three months or freezing it for basically forever.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
1 Feb. 2025
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Start Here By Malia Griggs By the way, his entire Instagram feed is basically one big tribute to Collins, with countless portraits of the actor and snapshots of their memories.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
1 Feb. 2025
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“By and large.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/by%20and%20large. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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