as in dominance
controlling power or influence over others
the predominance of the Dutch in international trade during the 17th century
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Recent Examples of predominance
In Minnesota, despite predominance of corn and soybeans, oats and barley remain viable and are competing crops using near-identical inputs.
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Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 20 July 2025
The droid suggests the predominance of Disney’s commercial priorities over Gilroy’s yearning for adult drama.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 21 May 2025
Donald Trump has proposed instead for the United States to use its economic and military predominance as tools of naked coercion, dispensing entirely with the niceties of international agreements and even domestic constitutional constraint.
—Margaret MacMillan, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2025
Though beauty is still largely a brick-and-mortar business and the company’s predominance in physical retail isn’t new, the next 35 years entail looking at the future of eventing and IRL experiences to maintain existing customers and attract new ones.
—James Manso, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 20 July 2025
The droid suggests the predominance of Disney’s commercial priorities over Gilroy’s yearning for adult drama.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 21 May 2025
Donald Trump has proposed instead for the United States to use its economic and military predominance as tools of naked coercion, dispensing entirely with the niceties of international agreements and even domestic constitutional constraint.
—Margaret MacMillan, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2025
Though beauty is still largely a brick-and-mortar business and the company’s predominance in physical retail isn’t new, the next 35 years entail looking at the future of eventing and IRL experiences to maintain existing customers and attract new ones.
—James Manso, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predominance
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With these findings, sodium-ion batteries may finally challenge lithium-ion dominance while also contributing to cleaner energy solutions and addressing freshwater scarcity.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Oct. 2025
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So, the defense doubled down on dominance in crunch time.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Row continued its domination in austere accessories.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
15 Oct. 2025
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But over the past year, YouTube’s domination of The Gauge has unnerved executives at some competitors.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Oct. 2025
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The weekly climb to high school cross country supremacy continues Friday and Saturday with the Orange County Championships.—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
16 Oct. 2025
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Still, their progress, made easier by supremacy in the air, appeared inexorable.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In exchange for some $200 million per season, NBC and Peacock will assume dominion over the Sunday Night Baseball package from which ESPN uncoupled itself in February.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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There is only one holistic system of systems, one vast and immane, interwoven, interacting, multivariate, multinational dominion of dollars.—
Merrill Markoe,
Rolling Stone,
23 Sep. 2025
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But Ukraine says Russia is waging an imperial war of conquest to eradicate Ukrainian sovereignty and identity, and illegally bring it under Kremlin control.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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More than 15,000 Haitians lost their lives fighting against the United States’ seizure of Haitian sovereignty, including Charlemagne Péralte, the subject of Yveline Alexis’s engrossing and tragic account of the Occupation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Predominance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predominance. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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