dominant
Example Sentences
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Although Google is the dominant search engine, ChatGPT is sending more visitors than Google's built-in AI.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
These isotopic patterns act like fingerprints, pointing to dust-driven electrochemistry as a dominant force shaping Mars today.
From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026
Seattle relievers Matt Brash, Andres Muñoz and Gabe Speier were just as dominant, combining for six strikeouts and no walks over three no-hit innings.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
The dominant figure is Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, brother of the U.A.E.’s president and the deputy ruler of Abu Dhabi.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
In the 1930s rowing was the second most popular Olympic event—after track and field— and in the preliminaries Germany had shown every sign of being highly competitive, if not dominant, in this year’s medal round.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.