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dominate

[dom-uh-nayt] / ˈdɒm əˌneɪt /




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As pocketbook concerns dominate the conversation, climate change gets little attention, although it lurks in the background as worries mount about the cost of insurance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Sánchez had not been expecting rail safety to dominate his campaign, but that now looks increasingly likely.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Different physical processes dominate each phase, influencing the rock's appearance, behavior, and eventual fate.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

Hands-on experiences dominate the new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, where encountering artifacts that highlight aerospace history is on equal footing with learning about its future.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

When we discovered that she clearly did not want to dominate us, we liked her.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

The search engine juggernaut dominates technology in American schools.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

Ever present to the south, Mono Lake dominates the view from the highway.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

The only European company able to operate satellites in low-Earth-orbit where SpaceX dominates is OneWeb, a subsidiary of the French group Eutelsat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Even as the AI build-out dominates their attention, investors have been making big moves toward nontechnology sectors.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Maybe the Collective dominates his mind more than the dream of what life would’ve been on Sagan.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Both of these themes had dominated other popular strategies earlier in the year, as a chart produced by McElligott and his team showed.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

The changes are certified as urgent, allowing them to be debated and voted on quickly, and they are expected to easily pass later on Wednesday by the legislature dominated by the ruling People's Action Party.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

The issue of reparations, compensation to those who were the victims of slavery, has dominated debate in the build up to this summit, in which representatives from 56 Commonwealth countries are meeting.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

With each new discovery, researchers are gaining a clearer picture of the remarkable state of matter that dominated the universe during its first fleeting moments after the Big Bang.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

By the time Kendra reached the barn, a predawn gray dominated the eastern horizon.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

Horror’s surge has also yielded more films designed to play with our perception as opposed to the “Saw”-style torture porn dominating years past.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026

High-stakes conflicts over artificial intelligence, data privacy, workplace culture, antitrust laws and other issues are dominating the news and defining our modern era.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

“The AI stuff is kind of just dominating everything,” said Ryan Jungk, a portfolio manager at Newfleet Asset Management.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Over its 103-year-old history, Warner Bros has won more than 100 Academy Awards - including dominating at last year's show with a record-tying 11 Oscars for One Battle After Another, Sinners and Weapons.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

It had loomed in my memory as a huge lone spike dominating the riverbank, forbidding as an artillery piece, high as the beanstalk.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles


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