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How to use the word principally in a Sentence?

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People were focused on classical underlying conditions, like heart disease, lung disease, diabetes -- I think that was principally the mindset of my colleagues.

William Schaffner

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The same outlets that were pushing election propaganda and disinformation are still doing that, and principally with respect to the insurrection at the moment, putin is siding with those in the insurrection, and they will continue to push on behalf of GOP and against President Joe Biden.

Clint Watts

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We're going to face many challenges in the short term, and principally the equation is we have 8 billion people that need two doses of most of the vaccines, and we've only produced about a billion so far, so we do have a mismatch between the demand and the supply.

Salim Abdool Karim

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Ive spent eight years in Congress fighting principally for states rights.

Kevin Cramer

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

To make a long story short, I think the effort to have him confirmed is principally with an eye toward attempting to ratify all of the programs and policies that could be struck down by courts holding his acting appointment was unlawful, from the perspective of a new administration rolling back this administration's policies, it shouldn't make a difference whether they're promulgated by a Senate-confirmed secretary or someone lawfully exercising the duties of the office on an acting basis.

Steve Vladeck

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Whether we can continue our work depends principally on the decision of the Iraqi government. Talks on that are currently ongoing and until then we're reading tea leaves.

German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The important part is that the online sales were much stronger than expected. The brick-and-mortar were less than expected, so the online sales, and principally Amazon, saved the day.

John Conlon

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The greatest danger to our free system is that the incumbent government use the apparatus of the state, principally the law enforcement agencies and the intelligence agencies, both to spy on political opponents, but also to use them in a way that could affect the outcome of the election.

William Barr

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I feel like it was unacceptable to me that President Donald Trump was given a venue which President Donald Trump filled principally with people President Donald Trump brought instead of students from this great university, members from the broader community, were not included, the Bipartisan Justice Center allowed President Donald Trump to create an illusion that President Donald Trump had support from HBCUs or this community when in fact, just as President Donald Trump's done to communities like this one throughout President Donald Trump entire professional career President Donald Trump does not have the support of communities like this that President Donald Trump actively demeans degrades and disempowers.

Cory Booker

Found on CNN
4 years ago

He's really shown himself to be principally focused on defending the president.

Robert Litt

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

And it either holds in contempt the intelligence of people who hear it or else it’s just a stupid thing to say. … To say you must have respect for the office — Tiger, be clear. Are you saying that the office, therefore, confers respect onto its present temporary occupant ? No. Having respect for the office means principally, in my view, is the office holder should have respect for the office.

Max Kellerman

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Jones said he had tried medication before, but preferred to treat his sleeping issues without drugs. I liked the idea of acupuncture because it’s been around for thousands of years, principally in Asia and it’s not a pill … so, it’s a good natural kind of thing that’s got real science behind it actually so that’s why I was interested in it.

Michael Jones

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Such restrictions, in their intensity, do not go beyond other passage and stopping bans as justified by road law requirements, which motorists always have to reckon with and which they principally have to accept.

The Leipzig court

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We have been engaging with their home countries. Home being the country they were a citizen of when they left to go fight. Now, in some cases, those countries have stripped them of their citizenship, so they have a different view as far as what their status is today. So this is not simple, now that's being worked principally, of course, by State Department, and we're giving all the support that we can.

Defense James Mattis

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Campaign statements are made by a private citizen before he takes the oath of office and before, under the Opinions Clause of the Constitution, receives the advice of his Cabinet, and that those are constitutionally significant acts that mark the fundamental transformation from being a private citizen to the embodiment of the executive branch, but I would also say here it doesn't matter, because, here, the statements that they principally rely on don't actually address the meaning of the proclamation itself. This is not a so-called Muslim ban. If it were, it would be the most ineffective Muslim ban that one could possibly imagine since not only does it exclude the vast majority of the Muslim world, it also omits three Muslim-majority countries that were covered by past orders, including Iraq, Chad and Sudan.

Noel Francisco

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Philip has a clear set of priorities for this transition period, principally the turnaround of the online business.

Chairman Gareth Davis

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

We want to be able to work within a very secure environment to focus on the very (particular) mission we have there - which is principally focused on al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), we will try to posture the force where we can best do that.

Joseph Votel

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

What we are focused on, besides the implementation of the (U.N.) Security Council resolutions, is relentlessly building pressure on North Korea, working principally with our key allies Japan and (South) Korea, we are working in various ways to cut off all the revenues going to the regime. For example, they have ... overseas workers whose remittances are not going back to their families, but are going to the regime. We’re working to cut those off.

State Antony Blinken

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Cuba is considered the crown jewel of the Caribbean, principally because of its incredible coral reef ecosystems, its mangroves, its sea grasses, healthy sharks mean healthy corals. Healthy corals mean healthy sharks.

Daniel Whittle

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

For a long time Iran had resisted cooperating with any sort of inspections IAEA wanted to do, and as a result of the international pressure that built up over time, principally because of the tough economic sanctions that the United States put in place and got the rest of the international community to go along with, we now see indications that Iran is cooperating with IAEA inspections.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The original Darrieus turbine has blades that are parallel to the axis of rotation, and that means that the loads in the blades are carried entirely by bending of the blades. That results in very high stresses, the re-design that we've done changes the blades so that they form this triangulated structure, and that's a very stiff and very strong structural form. And that means that the loads in the blades are principally carried by axial forces and that means that the stresses are much lower.

Guy Houlsby

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Do not follow the bad example which I have set you; I have often undertaken war too lightly and have sustained it for vanity. Do not imitate me, but be a peaceful prince, and may you apply yourself principally to the alleviation of the burdens of your subjects

Louis XIV of France

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task since it consists principally in dealing with men.

Joseph Conrad

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.

Josh Billings

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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