dominant

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These isotopic patterns act like fingerprints, pointing to dust-driven electrochemistry as a dominant force shaping Mars today.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

France's dominant force in the 2000s, they had fallen on hard times and were even provisionally relegated last summer due to their financial situation, only to be reinstated on appeal.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

With their 51-44 victory over the burned Orange, the Bruins have advanced to the national championship game Sunday against a physically dominant group from powerhouse South Carolina.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Warren Hood, who has been equally at home with symphonic music and in jug bands, provides an often central and dominant fiddle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Calvin objected to Europe’s dominant religious doctrines of his time.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz