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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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noun

(usually a mass noun) Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or prisoners, etc.

“Writers often choose accommodation when discussing complex ideas.”

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by and large

Part of Speechadverb

(focus) mostly, generally; with few exceptions

In a Sentence

“It was, by and large, an unexceptional presentation.”

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Synonyms

for the most partgenerallymostlyon the wholeusually

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Related Words

more often than notmajoritarilyby in largelargelyoverall

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