How to Use largely in a Sentence

largely

adverb
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  • The story is largely true.
  • The economy is based largely on farming.
  • He is largely responsible for the problem.
  • And for what its worth, Wall Street largely seems to agree.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The tweet, by now, has 1,400 retweets, which are largely quotes.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Stronach’s appetite to foot that kind of bill is largely unknown.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 8 Mar. 2024
  • But this is largely based on hope rather than any analysis, and that’s the problem.
    — David James, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The $172 million cost of the meals will be largely funded by the new surtax on incomes over $1 million.
    — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
  • But the Musketeers have been largely unable to get stops at the other end.
    — Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Boise, Idaho Boise is one of the fastest growing cities in the United States, largely due to the number of startups that have put down roots in the area.
    — Nina Derwin, Redbook, 17 Aug. 2023
  • But how has the group reemerged after we were told they were largely defeated?
    — ABC News, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Damage was largely contained to the closet where the battery had been stored.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2023
  • For three days, satellite photos show, the vessel largely stayed in place thanks to low winds and weak currents.
    — Matt Burgess, WIRED, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Sterling’s role in Hulse’s case was largely to file court motions.
    — Mary Jordan, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2023
  • That’s largely been spent through, that cushion is largely gone.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 8 July 2024
  • While there have been over 2,000 arrests at campus protests in the US so far, protests have largely been peaceful, and no one has been killed.
    — David Gilbert, WIRED, 8 May 2024
  • This break in the wet pattern is thanks to a ridge of high pressure off the coast that’s largely been absent this winter season.
    — Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Jan. 2023
  • In the West, the onus of compliance will fall largely on private companies.
    — Alex W. Palmer, New York Times, 12 July 2023
  • Gaza has been largely sealed off to the outside world since 2007 when Hamas took power and Israel closed its border.
    — WSJ, 12 Oct. 2023
  • His videos are largely successful with the children and teen demo groups.
    — Time, 13 June 2023
  • Pacers frigid from 3 Through the first quarter and much of the first half, the Pacers' offense was working largely as designed.
    — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Mar. 2023
  • But much overseas production — which has been largely spared by the writers strike — would shut down.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 June 2023
  • While she’s largely known for her pop and R&B output, this isn’t the first time that Beyoncé has tried her hand at country.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Just how costly these events will end up being is still largely unknown.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 27 June 2023
  • Ewers beat the secondary once on the long touchdown to Worthy, but beyond that, the group has largely limited the damage.
    — Matt Stahl | [email protected], al, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Guyton played largely right tackle in college and will have to make the transition to left tackle with the Cowboys.
    — Clarence E. Hill Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Apr. 2024
  • But the Biden administration has, this time, been largely silent.
    — Sen. Deb Fischer, Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Narasimhan, who is also leaving the board, took over Starbucks in March 2023 and has seen the coffee chain largely struggle under his purview.
    — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 13 Aug. 2024
  • They have largely been replaced by drugs with fewer side effects.
    — Sonya Collins, Fortune Well, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Sulfates have also been studied widely, whereas the risks of diamond dust are still largely unknown.
    — Devika Rao, theweek, 12 Nov. 2024

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