Examples of preponderance in a Sentence

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Recent Examples on the Web Either way, according to ball flight expert Rob Arthur, drag on the ball remains elevated, and the seeming preponderance of warning-track flyballs is no accident. — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2022 These reports contain numbers for both residential and commercial disconnections, but the preponderance are residential. — Agnel Philip, ProPublica, 18 Mar. 2022 The preponderance of frightful tales in this program is obviously a matter of availability, cinematic copycatting and curatorial discretion. — New York Times, 28 Jan. 2022 Even in modern sports, says Harrison, her presence might be seen as risky, despite a greater preponderance of female announcers leading sportscasts streamed by Amazon and Apple. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 July 2022 Prosecutors argued in court Friday that the defense failed to provide a preponderance of evidence that Spitzer’s comments negatively affected Buggs’ case. — Hannah Frystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2022 This global preponderance of chickens makes many people assume that chickens were the first bird species to be domesticated. — Grrlscientist, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022 The question at stake is whether a great American city can help a neighborhood, through a surge of law enforcement or through a preponderance of patient social work, or fail in a very public way? — Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2022 The preponderance of Civil War and Robert E. Lee memorabilia in the Richmond time capsule suggests not just items pertinent to a statue of Lee, but at least a little special pleading. — Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2022 See More

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