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Net income rose to $1.7 billion from $$395 million a year ago, primarily because of lower catastrophe losses and higher investment returns.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
In the wild, wolf packs primarily subsist on wild ungulates - hoofed, typically herbivorous, animals such as deer, cows and pigs.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
It would specifically target wealthy individuals who own these pieds-à-terre but primarily live outside the city.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
“The reality is that the reach is still there, but the reach is primarily on YouTube.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
What I knew about black people—or Negroes, which was the preferred term at that time—was primarily what I saw on 125th Street, in the newspapers, and in church.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
Vocabulary lists containing primarily
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