dominant
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It seems bizarre to say now given his dominant position, but there was a spell on Friday where you felt McIlroy was still not playing close to his best.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
One afternoon Chris Newens, an English culinary journalist, was sitting in Le Mistral, a bistro in the 20th arrondissement, when he overheard three men discuss the dominant cuisine of the neighborhood.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
The dominant sentiment among central bankers is that if you don’t act resolutely, those pressures build up.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
The Big Ten Conference continued its dominant 2025-26 athletic season with the Univeristy of Michigan’s 69-63 victory over the University of Connecticut in the men’s basketball national championship game on Monday night.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
Since they instinctively follow a dominant leader and will imprint on humans as that leader, they can readily be driven by a shepherd or sheepdog.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing dominant
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