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chiefly

for the most part

In a sentence

Six example sentences with chiefly, each labelled with its topic.

  • The lake's pollution comes chiefly from farm runoff, with the old paper mill accounting for the rest.

    Environment

  • The country's exports are chiefly minerals, which makes the whole budget hostage to one commodity price.

    Economics

  • The dish is chiefly rice, with a spoon of lentils and whatever the garden happened to give up.

    Cooking

  • The fund's returns came chiefly from two technology stocks, and the other forty holdings barely moved all year.

    Finance

  • The dialogue is chiefly concerned with justice, though Socrates wanders into poetry and music along the way.

    Philosophy

  • The empire's wealth came chiefly from silver mines, and when the seams ran thin the treasury emptied within a generation.

    History

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