predominates

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“We often see a transition from influenza A, which predominates early on, to influenza B, which is more common in late February into March,” says Kuritzkes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 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

This compound atom, if positive, will exhibit affinity for other compound atoms in which negative electricity predominates; if negative, it will exhibit affinity for other positively electrified compound atoms.

From Heroes of Science Chemists by Muir, M. M. Pattison (Matthew Moncrieff Pattison)