chiefly
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Demand loss is being seen chiefly in the Middle East, in Asian frontier economies and in Africa, where there is 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 also sells to do-it-yourselfers, chiefly through its fergusonhome.com External link website.
From Barron's • 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
It was only with hindsight that they came to symbolize a new era; and it was the Scientific Revolution itself which was chiefly responsible for the Enlightenment’s conviction that progress had become unstoppable.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing chiefly
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