as in mainly
for the most part
our video collection consists chiefly of comedies, but we have a few horror movies
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Lowering Refugee Admissions: Another Form Of Immigration Restriction During Donald Trump’s first term, press reports indicate White House Adviser Stephen Miller was chiefly responsible for reducing refugee admissions to historically low levels.
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Stuart Anderson, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
The Biden White House Justice Department decided to indict a lynchpin player in IMEC for bribery, the Adani Group in India, chiefly its boss Gautam Adani (and seven others).
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 29 Jan. 2025
Hiring, however, has slipped below pre-pandemic levels and net job growth is robust chiefly because of low layoffs, possibly foreshadowing a slowdown.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
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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Stuart Anderson, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
The Biden White House Justice Department decided to indict a lynchpin player in IMEC for bribery, the Adani Group in India, chiefly its boss Gautam Adani (and seven others).
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 29 Jan. 2025
Hiring, however, has slipped below pre-pandemic levels and net job growth is robust chiefly because of low layoffs, possibly foreshadowing a slowdown.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chiefly
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At the company’s direction, Malone said, their model mainly compared Zolgensma to the only other SMA treatment then on the market, a chronic treatment called Spinraza.—
Robin Fields,
CNN,
17 Feb. 2025
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Working closely with our amazing cinematographer, Stéphane Fontaine, who had the unusual challenge of lighting this set mainly with practical and prop lighting.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
17 Feb. 2025
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This is a strategy that Google and Apple have also taken with their last flagship releases: mostly minimum hardware upgrades, but instead selling you on artificial intelligence.—
Ben Sin,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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The survey also found that while more than half of Russians said the war had a mostly negative effect on their daily lives, compared to five months ago, fewer people supported Putin withdrawing troops without achieving the war's goals.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
24 Feb. 2025
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The company has billions in government contracts, primarily with NASA and the Pentagon.—
April Rubin,
Axios,
18 Feb. 2025
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With a couple of notable exceptions, the three-hour special primarily revived recurring segments from the past 20 years.—
Esther Zuckerman,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2025
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The core of the show – largely shot in ravishing Sicilian locations – revolves around patriarch Don Fabrizio, who is faced with a difficult choice.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
25 Feb. 2025
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That is an impressive accumulation for any soloist from South Korea, and many of his wins came quite a few years ago when solo stars from that part of the world were largely unable to hit the tally.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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But there were concerns predominantly around funding the team at such a volatile time in college athletics, with the landmark $2.8 billion class-action settlement that — if approved — would significantly increase the athletic department’s expenses.—
Hailey Salvian,
The Athletic,
19 Feb. 2025
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The oil price cap was heavily criticized when it was first deployed in December 2022 as being too easy for Russia to work around and designed predominantly to maintain the flow of the country's oil and fuels.—
Donato Paolo Mancini Bloomberg,
arkansasonline.com,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Chiefly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chiefly. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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