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predominate
verb as in be the most important, noticeable
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Basic services and facilities are now hard to come by; roads may be unpaved or nonexistent; children and old folks predominate.
Not surprisingly, given the elements (brooding auteur, noir template, gulag-y setting), the darker shades of emotion predominate.
Around Santiago, clay and sand predominate, and the soil can not be highly praised.
We must confess that at present the rich predominate, but the future will be for the virtuous and ingenious.
The horizontal lines of the architrave and cornice predominate over the vertical lines of the columns.
If it be narrative or descriptive, there is no definition or proof; but the development by details will predominate.
Let them even make some sacrifice of that buoyant feeling which, at their age, is so apt to predominate.
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On this page you'll find 45 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to predominate, such as: hold sway, command, dominate, domineer, govern, and manage.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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