predominating

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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

In the background was the reason the photographer wanted us outside—the family laundry with, of course, the diapers predominating.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey