chiefly
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Demand loss is being seen chiefly in the Middle East, Asian frontier economies and Africa, which has little surplus and scant ability to absorb higher costs.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026
Ministers also identified £1.5bn of "efficiencies" to be delivered over that period, chiefly from "back office" functions of public bodies.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
It wasn’t just, or even chiefly, the miasma of sleaze and corruption that seemed to surround her wherever she went.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
Will Denyer, chief economist at Gavekal Research, suggests pairing long positions in Brazilian and South Korean Equities: Brazil chiefly as a hedge against ongoing conflict and South Korea as a bet on peace.
From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026
“They appeared chiefly on the arms, but they sometimes extended to the breast.”
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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