- present tense form of predominate (3rd person singular).
predominates
Example Sentences
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Like the earlier cut, “Chicago Boy,” a jazzy atmosphere predominates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
As a result, the Nodal signal predominates there and the AVE population differentiates.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2024
In Yoruba culture, which predominates in the south-west of the country, twins are a blessing and their names are predestined.
From BBC ● May 9, 2024
The result is an architecture that’s intended to displace the carbon-heavy cinder-block design that predominates in fast-growing African cities, modern and vernacular at the same time.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2023
As one temperament runs into another, and assumes a complex form, so can education regulate the one that naturally predominates, and modify it by a fusion with another.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
