predominantly
Britishadverb
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On another afternoon, Reid found herself linking arms with a predominantly African-American group gathered outside the federal courthouse.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026
Creating roosting areas for displaced bats is a statutory requirement and the costs are predominantly being met from central government funding and developer contributions.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
The poll showed that slim majorities of predominantly Spanish-speaking voters, voters who were born in another country and first-generation immigrants support the voter ID measure.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
Authorities also sent Tibetan children to state-run boarding schools at ever-younger ages, educating them predominantly in Mandarin and inculcating Chinese culture.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
The evidence for predominantly single domestications in Southwest Asia, but frequent multiple domestications in the Americas, might thus provide more subtle evidence that crops spread more easily out of Southwest Asia than in the Americas.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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