preponderate
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“If his own opinion prevails at some times, he should acquiesce on seeing that of others preponderate at others. Without this mutual disposition we are disjointed individuals, but not a society.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 2019
While it is true that some Reformed Congregations hold their services on Sunday, the preponderate number of them still cling to the traditional sabbath.
From Time Magazine Archive
He specifically stated that "management of the institution must be genuinely international, without preponderate power of veto."
From Time Magazine Archive
These seek their complement in the other sex cell, but if the male micro-cellules preponderate in number over the female the result will be a male embryo, and vice versa.
From Time Magazine Archive
In certain epidemics the tertian cases preponderate, and under all circumstances convertibility may be witnessed between the various forms.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The occipital and parietal lobes preponderated in mass as compared with the temporal and frontal.
From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Eugene S. Talbot
He considered the matter of imparting knowledge a mere question of effort, in which the physical element preponderated.
From Hoosier Mosaics by Maurice Thompson
The authority of the ministry was great; its influence preponderated.
From Bygone Church Life in Scotland by Various
In wealth and resources the North vastly preponderated.
From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Charles Morris
His respect was of course very freely mingled with irony, and yet it would be rash to say that his irony preponderated.
From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by Henry James
"The League cannot ignore the existence of Japan as a world power, and especially as a power with the preponderating position in Eastern Asia."
From Time Magazine Archive
What we term national character, is the aggregate of the qualities preponderating in a community.
From The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
One of the results of this movement, consequent upon the preponderating attention given to colour and technique, has been an almost entire neglect of subject.
From English Painters with a chapter on American painters by S. R. Koehler
The principle involved in this preponderating e. m. f. he explains in this way: Suppose a conductor is moved into the magnetic field and then suddenly withdrawn.
From The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting by Thomas Commerford Martin
That it enjoys “clearly preponderating evidence,” is what no person, fair or unfair, will for an instant venture to pretend.
From The Revision Revised by John William Burgon
