principally
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"This shirt is not only a lasting reminder of one of the most important moments in football history, but is principally connected to the very moment that catapulted Pele into a global sporting icon."
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
Her concurrence reminds readers that the question of citizenship has never been principally about immigration.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
Instead he finds substance principally in novels that “correspond in quality to our deepest fears and guilts as projected in our dreams.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Their programs were not principally drill-and-kill exercises, but extended to mathematics, English composition, geography, history, and music — piano, violin, and choral programs.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
Although there were elements of tragedy and struggle in the Fifth Symphony, he had read, it was principally music of love and happiness.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
