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as in dominance
controlling power or influence over others
auction houses battling for domination in the high-end art market
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as in conquest
the act or process of bringing someone or something under one's control
the Spanish domination of the Americas in the 16th century
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Recent Examples of domination
With the ongoing domination of streaming services, many local stations are struggling to compete and maintain viewership.
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Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
Here, animals serve as vessels for our worst impulses, suffering at the point where curiosity turns to sadism, domination to cruelty, and self-interest to neglect.
—Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
Scorpios seek to exert command and domination, which aligns with Skeletor's initiatives.
—Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
But neither franchise domination, AI nor streaming make Spielberg fret for the future of movies.
—ABC News, 3 June 2026
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Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
Here, animals serve as vessels for our worst impulses, suffering at the point where curiosity turns to sadism, domination to cruelty, and self-interest to neglect.
—Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
Scorpios seek to exert command and domination, which aligns with Skeletor's initiatives.
—Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
But neither franchise domination, AI nor streaming make Spielberg fret for the future of movies.
—ABC News, 3 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for domination
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SpaceX just notched a remarkable launch-dominance milestone.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
22 June 2026
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At the time of merger talks there was speculation the Gurnee Mariano’s wouldn’t make the cut because of the nearby Jewel’s long-time — the company name has been around since 1932 –market dominance across the region.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
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To that point, human history was a tale of conquest and caste and rigid hierarchies, a world where the strong dominated the weak, where power and wealth and status flowed through lineage and the many were ruled by the few.—
Hilary Gowins,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2026
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Related Stories What these producers share is a conviction that the Canaries’ historical position — as a staging post for conquest, migration and ecological transformation — generates stories with the kind of cross-cultural resonance that buyers in Japan, West Asia and Latin America will recognize.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
19 June 2026
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The British North America Act came into effect, uniting the separate territories of the Province of Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia into one dominion called Canada.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
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Italy has a colonial past, of course, and its government forces committed atrocities in areas under Italian dominion in East Africa between the 1880s and 1941.—
Kaitlyn Rabe,
The Conversation,
16 June 2026
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Testimony to this, kids under 12 only represented 4% of the audience for Masters of the Universe during its opening weekend according to Deadline, with the over 35 age group dominating at 57% and the over 45s, who grew up on the original cartoon, coming to 36%.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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Ben Brown’s pitching line didn’t necessarily reflect a dominating outing — one run on seven hits with three walks and three strikeouts in five innings — but his start Saturday night against the Giants was one of his best of the season.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
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On Wednesday, Grier proved his absolute supremacy once again, swinging a deal to land defenseman Michael Kesselring from the Buffalo Sabres.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
17 June 2026
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Tencent, from China, and Sony, from Japan, vie with Microsoft for supremacy at the top of the gaming leaderboard.—
Kamal Ahmed,
Fortune,
15 June 2026
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The agreement calls for a halt to military operations in Lebanon and for its sovereignty to be respected.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
20 June 2026
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Losing, Jose said, would be a devastating blow, not only to the Tohono O’odham, but to all future claims of Indian sovereignty.—
Geraldo L. Cadava,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
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“Domination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/domination. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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