largely

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As reading scores tumbled over the last decade, parents, scholars and literacy advocates pushed for teaching methods that align with decades of research about how kids learn to read — largely by sounding out words.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Researchers believe the strategy could become an important addition to chemotherapy and immunotherapy by targeting a part of cancer biology that has largely been overlooked.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

That’s largely due to the fact that earnings estimates continue to climb as analysts bet on bigger profits for many of the fund’s holdings.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Bompastor has repeatedly highlighted the squad's lack of depth, insisting it is not what it was last season, largely due to injury but also reduced transfer activity.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Farmer had first met Father Jack when the priest was at St. Mary’s parish in Roxbury, one of Boston’s run-down, largely African American neighborhoods.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French