for the most part

Idioms  

1. In general, usually. For example, For the most part she is very good-humored, or The committee members agree for the most part. [Late 1300s] Also see the synonyms by and large; on the whole.

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for the most part

Europe's governments, for the most part, have been careful to distinguish between looters and rioters on the one hand, and loud but peaceful, legally organised demonstrations on the other.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

They can only invest in short-dated Treasury securities for the most part, unlike a bank, which is lending money out to all kinds of ventures that have risk associated with them.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

“We get it all from Canada, for the most part, and we need it badly.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

And persuade it does — for the most part, anyway.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

But for the most part, there are only fragments and scraps of public records of the lives of people like Isaac Granger—beyond the remarkable but incomplete account he gave Charles Campbell.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

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