preponderance
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distinction, dominance, eminence, noteworthiness, paramountcy, preeminence, preponderancy, prepotency, prestigiousness, primacy, superiority, supremacy, transcendence
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But an alternative theory posits that the cataclysm never happened and that the preponderance of rocks dating to 3.9 billion years ago is due to sample bias. — Daniel Oberhaus, WIRED, "Lunar Mysteries That Science Still Needs to Solve," 16 July 2019 That is not proof of 'abatement' by a preponderance of the evidence. — Wayne Drash, CNN, "Johnson & Johnson wants Oklahoma opioid case tossed, 'fireworks' expected Monday," 7 July 2019 The payments are drawn from insurers with a preponderance of relatively healthy customers to subsidize those with a larger contingent of less-healthy policyholders. — Stephanie Armour, WSJ, "Trump’s Latest Affordable Care Act Move Adds to Insurers’ Uncertainty," 8 July 2018 No guard hairs were apparent to the naked eye, perhaps because of the preponderance of pashmina in the weave. — National Geographic, "A rare antelope is being killed to make $20,000 scarves," 24 Apr. 2019 Now, thanks to a preponderance of highly specific information about consumers collected from sources such... — Matthew Kassel, WSJ, "Ad Creators Get Inspiration From Big Data," 17 June 2019 In 2018, the UK enacted a law that requires all companies with over 250 staff to report its gender pay gap: Ogilvy’s mean gap was 21% in 2018 (pdf), mainly because of the preponderance of men in senior roles. — Cassie Werber, Quartz at Work, "Women are making advertising funnier, smarter, and way less sexist," 11 June 2019 The overwhelming preponderance of shapes resist such elegant formulation. — Quanta Magazine, "Why Mathematicians Can’t Find the Hay in a Haystack," 17 Sep. 2018 While judges’ individual rulings cannot always be predicted by the president who appointed them, a preponderance of conservative or liberal appointees on a court can determine the direction of its jurisprudence. — Brent Kendall, WSJ, "Trump Has Named a Lot of Judges, But Courts’ Ideological Balance Is Slow to Shift," 26 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'preponderance.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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