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coming before all others in importance
the dominant authority on the English language
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Recent Examples of dominant
Last week, Kansas City pulled off one of the most dominant victories from any team all season against the Las Vegas Raiders, coming away with a 31-0 victory.
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Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
This time Chrome emerged as the dominant player, with a market share that has been above 60% for most of the past decade, while the next closest rival, Apple’s Safari, has been stuck in the mid-teens.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
Population growth and an increase in the number of buildings in harm’s way are the dominant factors, according to Smith.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
The league’s current media rights are significantly undervalued in the context of the NFL’s dominant television ratings, according to Nielsen, and the new media rights deals for the NBA and NHL.
—Michael Ozanian, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
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Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
This time Chrome emerged as the dominant player, with a market share that has been above 60% for most of the past decade, while the next closest rival, Apple’s Safari, has been stuck in the mid-teens.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
Population growth and an increase in the number of buildings in harm’s way are the dominant factors, according to Smith.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
The league’s current media rights are significantly undervalued in the context of the NFL’s dominant television ratings, according to Nielsen, and the new media rights deals for the NBA and NHL.
—Michael Ozanian, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dominant
Adjective
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As for Sundance’s main slate of world premiere films, the festival is still heads down screening some half a dozen movies a day ahead of lineup announcements later this fall.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
21 Oct. 2025
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The verdict of the Specialized Criminal Court in the city of Banska Bystrica closes a trial that began in July and whose main question was whether Cintula, who admitted shooting Fico, was guilty of terrorism or less serious crimes of murder or attack.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
21 Oct. 2025
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That confident tight-wire act, with its time shifts and various mini-characterizations, was a useful precedence for her here as the predominant presence in this three-performer, intermissionless piece.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
14 Oct. 2025
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Aspen groves are not as predominant here and hikers will find a wider array of colors due to the range of deciduous tree varieties fed by additional moisture from springs and creeks.—
Roger Naylor,
AZCentral.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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And while Sturm offers a small group of men’s options (the Face Cream Men doubles as an after-shave soother), some of her male clientele seem content to buy the primary unisex line.—
Justin Fenner,
Robb Report,
18 Oct. 2025
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Essential menopause services belong in national primary health packages and in public and private insurance coverage.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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Goodall was seen as the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees after spending decades studying them in the wild in Tanzania's Gombe Stream National Park.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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The 2019 Nationals aren’t even the foremost road warriors of the last few years.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Bad Bunny represents none of these values; his drag performances and style are the opposite of what families expect on football's biggest stage.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Oct. 2025
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Josephine was a big fan of the final look after trying on the costume.—
Erin Clements,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The epic leading lady wardrobe concluded with her two musical performances of the night.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
19 Oct. 2025
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Just look at the success (and all-star cast) of Netflix's The Thursday Murder Club, which itself was adapted from one of the subgenre's leading literary titles.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Oct. 2025
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Tim Curry of Rocky Horror Picture Show fame memorably gave the dancing clown its first breath in a 1990 miniseries co-written and directed by Tommy Lee Wallace.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Flames, meanwhile, are still searching for their first win at home after starting their season 1-6-0.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Dominant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dominant. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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