predominates

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This would be followed by a “substitution” phase where farming develops alongside foraging in the hunter-gatherer area, and eventually a “consolidation” phase, when farming predominates.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

“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

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

Among the tribes in Fiji, where Melanesian blood predominates, the mbure-ni-sa, or unmarried man's house, was a universal institution.

From The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom by Thomson, Basil