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preponderate

[pri-pon-duh-reyt] / prɪˈpɒn dəˌreɪt /


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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

He specifically stated that "management of the institution must be genuinely international, without preponderate power of veto."

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

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

Putting probability in one scale, and an elderly gentleman, with a lot of Lares and a parcel of Penates in the other, there can be no doubt which will preponderate.

From The Comic History of Rome by Gilbert Abbott ? Becket

So long as the north of France, where the Germanic element prevailed, preponderated in the policy of the country, the fabric of feudalism, or rather its inform remains, maintained their ground.

From The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur

With the exception of boys—who certainly preponderated in Rutherford—there were far too few human beings to satisfy Audrey.

From Lover or Friend by Rosa Nouchette Carey

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

In wealth and resources the North vastly preponderated.

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

But if the Orders had lost ground with the natives and with many Spaniards, their influence still preponderated.

From The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Frederic H. Sawyer

"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

Moreover, even those who attribute to the "syndicate" of factors a preponderating power over historical progress do not attribute to intelligence a greater influence than we recognize as belonging to it.

From Socialism, Revolution and Internationalism by Gabriel Deville

That it enjoys “clearly preponderating evidence,” is what no person, fair or unfair, will for an instant venture to pretend.

From The Revision Revised by John William Burgon

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

He sees so much to say on all sides that he never clearly defines on which side lies the preponderating reasoning. 

From The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie




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