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Example Sentences

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It is the fourth consecutive year that the public have played a part in picking Oxford's word of the year, after an inaugural public vote in 2022 saw "goblin mode" prevail.

From Barron's

Is there a chance that saner heads will prevail?

From The Wall Street Journal

In this way, Ms Bhatnagar continues, "they claimed freedom from colonial rule but also from prevailing gendered division of spaces, between the domestic and the public".

From BBC

Artificial intelligence may seem like the prevailing force in the market, but some of the tech sector’s biggest losers this month suffered for reasons unrelated to cracks in the AI trade.

From MarketWatch

"Due to the influence of this system, the prevailing heavy showers and strong winds over the island are expected to continue," the DMC said.

From Barron's