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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a chief source of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate the primary origin or main contributor of something, often in academic or formal contexts.
Example: "The study identified a chief source of pollution in the river as industrial waste."
Alternatives: "a primary source of" or "a major contributor to".
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Eliminating a chief source of capital could leave a gap in the fund-raising landscape.
They could not even paddle far enough out to catch porpoises, which had been a chief source of protein.
In the 1930s blue-cheese making was introduced and became a chief source of income until the early 21st century.
The move bled the union of a chief source of money while it was fighting the league in court.
That makes you both a living witness to the power of our alliance and a chief source of its resilience".
A surge in cash-raising by companies on the exchange had replaced IPOs as a chief source of revenues.
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In 2005, it was revealed that he had been Deep Throat, a chief source for The Washington Post's coverage of the Watergate affair.
But for gay and straight teenagers alike, Dr. Diamond said in an interview, the chief source of stress is the same: "anxiety about being alone as an adult, about finding the kind of partner they want".
His mother didn't want him to leave for an Ebola treatment center, since Serry, a farmer, was the chief source of their family's survival.
Although the play and his newspaper work helped expose him to a wider audience, the chief source of his increasing popularity was his performances on the lecture circuit.
Since then, people have had to rely on a slender pipe as their chief source of drinking water, but all that comes out is a thin trickle.
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