primarily

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Reaching Uranus is difficult primarily because of its extreme distance.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

International law permits attacks on energy plants and other ostensibly civilian targets only if determined that they primarily support military activity.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Mute the noise: Unfollow retailers and influencers whose content is primarily ad-driven.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Throughout their discography, Irreversible Entanglements have seamlessly incorporated electronic elements such as synthesizers and modern postproduction into many of their compositions, which primarily feature otherwise organic instrumentation and textures.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

On August 6 of that year, President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, prohibiting the literacy tests that for decades had been used to keep Negroes from voting, primarily in the South.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson