predominantly
adverb
pre·dom·i·nant·ly
pri-ˈdä-mə-nənt-lē 
-ˈdäm-nənt-
: for the most part : mainly
Examples of predominantly in a Sentence
a predominantly middle-class neighborhood
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Marcos Magaña was born and raised in the eastern Coachella Valley, a predominantly agricultural desert region in Southern California.
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Anh Do, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
The genetic mutations that the patients of both Waxman and Woods had affect a sodium channel called NaV1.7, which is predominantly found in peripheral pain-sensing neurons.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
In a statement, officials said the ring was found in a former drainage ditch in Lincolnshire, a predominantly rural county in the East Midlands.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2025
Migraine headaches are predominantly classified as either migraine without aura or migraine with aura, with a few rare subtypes of migraine with aura.
—Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 26 May 2025
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Anh Do, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
The genetic mutations that the patients of both Waxman and Woods had affect a sodium channel called NaV1.7, which is predominantly found in peripheral pain-sensing neurons.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
In a statement, officials said the ring was found in a former drainage ditch in Lincolnshire, a predominantly rural county in the East Midlands.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2025
Migraine headaches are predominantly classified as either migraine without aura or migraine with aura, with a few rare subtypes of migraine with aura.
—Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 26 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for predominantly
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“Predominantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/predominantly. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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