principally

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Snider and team point out, though, that recent strength has been driven principally by a 16% surge in earnings-per-share growth estimates.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

I knew both musicals principally from their film adaptations.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

The former would be principally against Qeshm Island, in concert with the United Arab Emirates, which has attacked Iran many times during the war.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Michael Kratsios, Director of Science and Technology Policy, wrote in an internal memo that the administration had new information indicating "foreign entities, principally based in China" were exploiting American firms.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

He could not even remember what he had written in some of the tablets, and he realized that several were filled principally with doodling.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole