for the most part

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for the most part

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  1. idiomatic, not comparable In most aspects; mostly; generally. For the most part, the crowd was orderly.

    Similar: by and large, on the whole

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@misc{for_the_most_part_2026,
  title = {for the most part},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/for%20the%20most%20part},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}