chiefly
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The CIA is the agency chiefly involved in spies and counterspies.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
Daisuke Komori, another advisor on administrative affairs, told AFP that he had declined potential clients, "many of whom were Chinese", seeking to move chiefly for their children's education or to leave China.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
He had chiefly in mind Title II, which bars discrimination in restaurants, hotels, sports arenas and so on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
From 55-5 overnight in their chase of 254, New Zealand's disappointing week was complete when they were hustled out for 138, thanks chiefly to Gus Atkinson's 5-30.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
Huygens’s early work was chiefly in the field of mathematics, where he made improvements in existing techniques and developed his own skills, without making any major new breakthroughs.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
Vocabulary lists containing chiefly
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