principally
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Perhaps those who can look back on terrorism principally as witnesses should be grateful for that distinction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The cast is principally composed of UC Irvine students, past and present, with a few guest artists in the mix.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Those "losses" would principally come from eliminating the need to liquify, transport and then regasify the imported product.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Her concurrence reminds readers that the question of citizenship has never been principally about immigration.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
He could not even remember what he had written in some of the tablets, and he realized that several were filled principally with doodling.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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