primarily

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Both El Niño and its counterpart La Niña are natural shifts in global weather patterns, primarily focused on Pacific Ocean temperatures, but they can impact the whole planet.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

“We are not producing what we should be,” said Johnny Carrier, vice president of residential development at By Carrier, a home builder that primarily serves Hartford County.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

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

According to this theory Homo sapiens is primarily a social animal.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari