primarily
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Implementing the updated rule would “reduce emissions of toxic metals, primarily lead and arsenic, by nearly 50 percent” at the country’s several copper smelters, the EPA concluded.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
The company focused primarily on news and sports, protecting the current ecosystem rather than investing billions into streaming.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Hantavirus is relatively uncommon globally and primarily concentrated in parts of Asia and Europe.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
I watched a movie called “The International,” which focused on an Interpol investigation of a bank that primarily served groups intent on overthrowing existing governments.
From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026
This fine instrument must have belonged to a mathematician who, unless on a journey, would have used it primarily to tell the time.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing primarily
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 3
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