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The phrase "was mainly used" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase when talking about something that formerly had an important purpose or function. For example, "Before the invention of the computer, pen and paper were mainly used for writing."
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Ion chromatography was mainly used for species detection.
Parthian was therefore difficult to read and was mainly used by scribes or priests for official or religious writings.
I might have got a bowl but I was mainly used as a fielder.
The automotive embedded electronics was mainly used to manage vehicle control functions.
MoO3 precursor was mainly used as representative of Mo6+ species in the electrocatalyst.
He ran Enron Energy Services, a division that -- or so I thought -- was mainly used as a way to generate phony profits, inflating Enron's stock price.
Dickens was, as usual, keeping up with the times – just as when he installed gas lighting at a time when it was mainly used only in public buildings.
It discontinued its virtual currency, Facebook Credits, which was mainly used to play games, and said it would accept credit card payments in local currencies worldwide.
In the west, it was mainly used as a term of art, deployed by legal scholars, generally in two contradictory usages.
…is entirely monumental, because the Linear B script (an ancient form of Greek found in both Crete and Greece) was mainly used to record inventories.
TNF-α, which was mainly used at a concentration of 20 ng/ml in our study, significantly affected hNPC viability and cytotoxicity after OGD exposure.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
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