preponderance
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They are disarming executive patronage and preponderances by putting down one-half the offices of the United States which are no longer necessary.
From The United States of America, Part 1 by Sparks, Edwin Erle
The only answer I can suggest is that the patterns being in some degree hereditary, such accidental preponderances as may have existed among a not very numerous ancestry might be perpetuated.
From Finger Prints by Galton, Francis, Sir
These glandular preponderances are at the basis of personality, creating genius and dullard, weakling and giant, Cavalier and Puritan.
From The Glands Regulating Personality by Berman, Louis, M.D.
Vocabulary lists containing preponderance
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National Spelling Bee '14: Prelims Round 3
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