chiefly
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Buying of Korean equities then has been chiefly domestic retail investors as well as international hedge funds that have fewer restrictions on their portfolio holdings.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
The Navy has previously trained External link bottlenose dolphins and sea lions, chiefly for reconnaissance and recovering objects like undersea mines.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
Perhaps the least radical manifesto was proposed by Scottish Labour, with the party chiefly focused on improving existing services rather than drawing up new ones.
From BBC • 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
Big Brother’s Order for the Day, it seemed, had been chiefly devoted to praising the work of an organization known as FFCC, which supplied cigarettes and other comforts to the sailors in the Floating Fortresses.
From "1984" by George Orwell
Vocabulary lists containing chiefly
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