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primarily

[prahy-mair-uh-lee, -mer-, prahy-mer-uh-lee, -mer-uh-] / praɪˈmɛər ə li, -ˈmɛr-, ˈpraɪ mɛr ə li, -mər ə- /




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Boarding houses were founded to shelter young people, primarily women, arriving alone to work in New York City.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

LTL shippers serve primarily industrial customers that don’t need a full truck to ship goods over relatively short distances.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Amazon’s capex will go primarily toward Amazon Web Services’ data centers, servers, networking equipment and power needs, CEO Andy Jassy wrote in the company’s April letter to shareholders.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

The author proposes that this transformation occurred primarily through a process described as "inorganic photosynthesis."

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Unlike taverns and lodges, which were hotels and restaurants as well as bars, saloons were primarily places to drink.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler




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