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Idiom

for the most part

Meaning

In most aspects; mostly; generally.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“For the most part, the weather is sunny here.”

“The project was difficult, but for the most part, the team finished on time.”

“Although the historical records are incomplete, historians agree that, for the most part, the society remained peaceful during that era.”

Examples

simple

“For the most part, the weather is sunny here.”

contextual

“The project was difficult, but for the most part, the team finished on time.”

complex

“Although the historical records are incomplete, historians agree that, for the most part, the society remained peaceful during that era.”

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