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predominate

[pri-dom-uh-neyt] / prɪˈdɒm əˌneɪt /


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While car imagery doesn’t predominate on @map_pointz, the scenes that Rosales was involved in couldn’t have happened without automobiles.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

In that sense, it is a throwback to the old road courses that used to predominate on the calendar.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

The blues predominate, especially on the Village set, which opens with a 15-minute workout titled “Jump Up and Down—Fast.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 1, 2026

The network effect has made RealPage the dominant player in the market at large, and especially so in cities and neighborhoods where big landlords predominate.

From Slate Sep. 10, 2024

Even if the analysis is limited to felonies—thus excluding extremely minor crimes and misdemeanors—nonviolent offenses predominate.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Like the earlier cut, “Chicago Boy,” a jazzy atmosphere predominates.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 27, 2026

As a result, the Nodal signal predominates there and the AVE population differentiates.

From Science Daily Jun. 18, 2024

In Yoruba culture, which predominates in the south-west of the country, twins are a blessing and their names are predestined.

From BBC May 9, 2024

The result is an architecture that’s intended to displace the carbon-heavy cinder-block design that predominates in fast-growing African cities, modern and vernacular at the same time.

From Slate Aug. 21, 2023

The end of these wanderings is now close in sight, and the thought fills him who writes with feelings in which regret predominates over relief.

From Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by J. E. (James Edmund) Vincent

Skepticism predominated at the time, with Microsoft Chief Technology Officer Kevin Scott fearing OpenAI might "storm off to Amazon in a huff."

From Barron's May 11, 2026

“Next, looking to the record, we find virtually no evidence that race predominated in the voters’ enactment of the Proposition 50 Map.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 14, 2026

Though it may appear that optimism predominated throughout 2025, there were significant swings in sentiment.

From MarketWatch Jan. 6, 2026

Tom Vilsack said the agency was adopting an “ecologically-driven” approach to older forests — an arena where logging interests have historically predominated.

From Washington Times Dec. 19, 2023

He stopped; his voice was breaking, and I do not know if rage or terror predominated in my own heart.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

As travel rebounds, Canadian tourists are predominating, with traffic from the United States just starting to return and overseas visitors still scant, according to data from the agency.

From New York Times Jul. 14, 2022

Interpretations of Islamic law vary widely across the Muslim world, with more moderate strains predominating.

From Seattle Times Sep. 3, 2021

Now, with anxiety over what happens predominating, “That sort of thing is all gone.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2021

“Keeping your options open” is not usually the predominating theme of a happy wedding day.

From Slate Aug. 18, 2020

Several persons were talking at once, and Victor’s voice was predominating, even over that of his mother.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin




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