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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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

But still they do preponderate; and therefore the rank of the animals is humble.

From Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman by Alexander Walker

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

The petitioners proposed a measure that evidently tended to throw weight into a scale which preponderated too much already.

From A Short History of English Liberalism by Walter Lyon Blease

As this latter opinion preponderated Daniel did not find that he was treated with any marked respect in his native town.

From Lady Anna by Anthony Trollope

He considered the matter of imparting knowledge a mere question of effort, in which the physical element preponderated.

From Hoosier Mosaics by Maurice Thompson

The reader must ask his memory whether their weight in the balance has preponderated for orthodoxy or for heterodoxy.

From Satires And Profanities by G. W. (George William) Foote

"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

The principle involved in this preponderating e. m. f. he explains in this way: Suppose a conductor is moved into the magnetic field and then suddenly withdrawn.

From The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting by Thomas Commerford Martin

There’s a preponderating number of unattached young men in the newly-opened parts of the Dominion.”

From The Protector by Harold Bindloss

You contend that there is “decidedly preponderating evidence” for reading instead, “Great Is the mystery of godliness, who was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit,” &c.:

From The Revision Revised by John William Burgon

To produce an act of choice, therefore, we have only to awaken a preponderating desire.

From A Review of Edwards's by Henry Philip Tappan