PREDOMINATELY Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

predominately

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Recent Examples of predominately Cardenas played alongside Reales Dominguez for two years at Castlemont High School in East Oakland, one of the city’s poorest, predominately Black and Latino neighborhoods known for its high number of homicides. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Because public schools are predominately funded by property taxes and state money, in general, lower-income communities have schools with less money. — Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2026 Ticket buyers were predominately male (about 61%) and many were on the younger side, with slightly more than half the audience under the age of 25, according to PostTrak exit polls. — Lindsey Bahr, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026 Juliana, who was 16 years old and Black, was found May 8 hanged from a tree near a predominately Black church in north Charlotte after going missing for several days. — Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for predominately

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Santa Maria, a predominantly Latino city on California’s Central Coast, is about 30 minutes south of San Luis Obispo.

— Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Expulsion is currently banned within Head Start, which serves nearly 700,000 predominantly low-income kids.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of predominantly

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There are currently 27 judicial vacancies at the district level and 10 nominees to fill those, mostly in Republican states.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026
At Malate Church, parishioners marked the feast Sunday by bringing their beloved pets for a special blessing — mostly dogs but also cats and even a pet snail.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of mostly

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According to court records, the money obtained was allegedly transferred to various individuals and businesses, primarily Annas 4 Contracting, LLC, and New Life Painters, LLC.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
Cook quickly in a large cast-iron skillet, on a flat-top plancha, or on a grill, primarily on one side while leaving the wax paper on the opposite side.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of primarily

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Fan largely disappeared from Chinese screens after a 2018 tax evasion case.

— Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
The outstanding artwork of the exhibition, Goldin’s slideshow, largely devoted to candid portraits of friends, many shot in her Bowery loft, remains stunningly raw.

— J. Hoberman, ARTnews.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of largely

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Treasury officials said the network operates principally from Mexico and Venezuela and has become an important source of revenue for Tren de Aragua, which the United States designated a foreign terrorist organization last year.

— Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
When Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan agreed to a mutual defense pact in August, it was principally seen as a political commitment.

— John Calabrese, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of principally

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Auditors reported there was no explicit language in the Controller Office’s telework policy that required employees generally conduct telework from California.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
The ⁠Paris police said the clashes there had come about when some 300 people attempted to face off against security forces, adding that the protest was generally unfolding well elsewhere.

— Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of generally

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The costs have been driven up chiefly by efforts to modernize pricing.

— MICHAEL PHILLIS, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
The state has been using those surpluses chiefly to build reserves and reduce the state’s hefty pension debt, which still exceeds $30 billion.

— Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 19 Sep. 2026

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