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However, a 1945 federal law, the McCarran-Ferguson Act, delegates authority to regulate the insurance industry primarily to individual states.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

A rising pension age also led to employment rates among affected age groups increasing by 10 percentage points, driven primarily by workers staying in their jobs for longer.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Mr. Rood, a professor of history at the University of Georgia, treats the plantation primarily as a sophisticated economic machine that developed into an engine of profit-making in the modern economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Sun Pharma derives roughly 20% of its overall revenue from innovative medicines, which primarily are manufactured in South Korea, within the European Union, or in the U.S.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 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