as in mainly
for the most part
the weather this month has been mostly mild
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Smith made all nine of his shots, mostly on back-door layups and short shots in the paint, as the Mustangs (19-12) shot 65% from the floor and 82% from the free-throw line.
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Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
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
Afrikaners are mostly white descendants of early Dutch and French settlers, who own most of the country's farmland.
—Reuters, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
The Eagles defense that placed the Super Bowl in a stranglehold is built mostly around young players who will be in green for years.
—Matt Breen The Philadelphia Inquirer, arkansasonline.com, 11 Feb. 2025
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Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
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
Afrikaners are mostly white descendants of early Dutch and French settlers, who own most of the country's farmland.
—Reuters, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
The Eagles defense that placed the Super Bowl in a stranglehold is built mostly around young players who will be in green for years.
—Matt Breen The Philadelphia Inquirer, arkansasonline.com, 11 Feb. 2025
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Social practice art in Latin America existed mainly through the efforts of small, noncommercial, artist-run initiatives within the fractious context of political agitation and protest.—
Fabiola Iza,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2025
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Now, the Rams will need to be savvy about drafting young talent through the draft and picking up some solid additions in free agency, mainly on the offensive line.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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Kyle Orland Senior Gaming Editor Kyle Orland has been the Senior Gaming Editor at Ars Technica since 2012, writing primarily about the business, tech, and culture behind video games.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
1 Mar. 2025
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Public trains run infrequently and are primarily scheduled to connect with the Oslo-Trondheim mainline, making same-day return trips challenging.—
David Nikel,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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However, spending has outpaced the constitutional spending cap, particularly as mandatory costs — chiefly Medicaid — have skyrocketed past earlier projections.—
Nick Coltrain,
The Denver Post,
26 Feb. 2025
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Yet details of the other cost-cutting measures in the club’s ‘transformation plan’ had already slipped out, chiefly the changes to the club’s provision of food for employees.—
Adam Crafton,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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The indelible impact Assyrians have made on modern-day Iraq has largely been reduced to rubble.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
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The Population Registration Act of 1950 forced South Africans to be registered into one of three racial categories: white, native or coloured (largely descendants of enslaved mixed-heritage people), with Asian added later.—
Funmi Fetto,
Vogue,
25 Feb. 2025
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The fact that the L.A. County fires predominantly spread house-to-house is evidence that building codes were sorely inadequate.—
Charlie Campbell / Melbourne and Canberra,
TIME,
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
Adverb
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One project, spearheaded by a staffer now on administrative leave, according to Ortiz, sought to relocate a wastewater treatment plant in Richwood, W.V., that has been basically inoperable since a 2016 flood.—
Alana Semuels,
TIME,
25 Feb. 2025
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Garcia said Lopez is basically offering only a stick, and no carrot.—
Alexandra Glorioso,
Miami Herald,
25 Feb. 2025
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Influencing Bitcoin’s Correlation with Liquidity While bitcoin generally follows liquidity trends, its price movements also depend on timing, bitcoin-specific events, and its own internal liquidity dynamics.—
Marie Poteriaieva,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Not by much—performance was generally fine, but with more visible stutters.—
Julian Chokkattu,
WIRED,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Mostly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mostly. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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