preponderate
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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
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
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
In the consequences which flow from dining copiously, what is beneficial is evidently stated to preponderate over what is hurtful, the qualifying "sometimes" being only attached to the latter.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 by Various
On the morning of August 7 the trivial, with us, preponderated.
From Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Howard-Bury, Charles Kenneth
He considered the matter of imparting knowledge a mere question of effort, in which the physical element preponderated.
From Hoosier Mosaics by Thompson, Maurice
We found that although the older houses preponderated, there were several streets of handsome residences.
From Yankee Girls in Zulu Land by Vescelius-Sheldon, Louise
It was now almost impossible to say which side preponderated.
From Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume II (of 2) by Bell, Henry Glassford
Since the time of Charlemagne Germanic influence had preponderated in the West, as is shown in the expansion of the Church no less than in matters of ecclesiastical law.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various
"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
I think it must necessarily be so in all countries which are most rapidly increasing in riches, for from whence do riches come but from production preponderating over consumption?
From Letters of David Ricardo to Thomas Robert Malthus, 1810-1823 by Ricardo, David
Suspense between hope and dread, dread preponderating, 132 is the state of feeling represented in the present chorus.
From French Classics by Wilkinson, William Cleaver
But only by exerting the whole available strength of the VIIIth Corps had it been possible to withstand the preponderating attack of the enemy.
From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Helmuth, Count
The juries made their presentments in respect of large masses of peasantry, under the preponderating influence of the gentry and without much chance for the verification of particular instances.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
