1
obsolete
: in a forceful manner
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: for the most part : chiefly
Examples of mainly in a Sentence
you mainly need to focus on improving your golf swing
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Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 23 Mar. 2025
Most of the developers of AI technologies are mainly focused on capabilities and performance, but more data and more compute won’t fix the bias issue.
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Perhaps Gottlieb is disappointed mainly because her regional path now includes the potential to go through UConn as the No. 2 seed and an Elight Eight matchup to get to the Final Four in Tampa.
—Allison Smith, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
Scattered to widespread storms are expected tonight, mainly along and south of the Missouri River.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2025
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Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 23 Mar. 2025
Most of the developers of AI technologies are mainly focused on capabilities and performance, but more data and more compute won’t fix the bias issue.
—Reece Rogers, WIRED, 23 Mar. 2025
Perhaps Gottlieb is disappointed mainly because her regional path now includes the potential to go through UConn as the No. 2 seed and an Elight Eight matchup to get to the Final Four in Tampa.
—Allison Smith, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
Scattered to widespread storms are expected tonight, mainly along and south of the Missouri River.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mainly
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“Mainly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mainly. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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