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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

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

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

The more virile men being absent on military duty, moreover, the less virile members of the sex it is who preponderate in the paternal rôle.

From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Arabella Kenealy

In wealth and resources the North vastly preponderated.

From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Charles Morris

In the cathedral towns the trades' guilds preponderated in influence.

From The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

If the number of sheep who were black, or even grey, preponderated and if laxity were general in the community, the chapter would not concern itself to raise its own standard.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power

We found that although the older houses preponderated, there were several streets of handsome residences.

From Yankee Girls in Zulu Land by Louise Vescelius-Sheldon

On the morning of August 7 the trivial, with us, preponderated.

From Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury

"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

This law of nature becomes most apparent when one compares the preponderating power of Rome against Carthage, with its weakness against the Cimbri and Mithradates.

From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Wilhelm Roscher

The juries made their presentments in respect of large masses of peasantry, under the preponderating influence of the gentry and without much chance for the verification of particular instances.

From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff

After crossing the Great Wall and staying in China proper, I still found the preponderating Muscovite influence.

From Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod by P?ter Vay

Verily, my lord Bishop, your notion of what constitutes “clearly preponderating Evidence” must be freely admitted to be at once original and peculiar.

From The Revision Revised by John William Burgon