- present participle of predominate.
predominating
Example Sentences
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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
An opening scene in a secretarial pool has female employees chanting in unison—“I enclose an invoice for our services,” “I like your nails”—as the orchestra chatters and pulses around them, with high winds predominating.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 29, 2018
Dozens of contractors, with about a half-dozen predominating, were paid about $800 million by the government to produce what was essentially half-finished garbage.
From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2014
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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