1
as in domination
controlling power or influence over others
although Napoléon had achieved dominance over the European continent, Great Britain still ruled the waves
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as in superiority
the fact or state of being above others in rank or importance
the university was recognized for its dominance in the field of ancient Greek history
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Recent Examples of dominance
So Xi is biding his time, leveraging his country’s resources and export dominance.
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David Goldman, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
Leaning Into Interactive Short-Form Video With the dominance of platforms like TikTok and Instagram Reels, storytelling will lean heavily into short-form video.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Trump’s recent decision to allow China to buy Nvidia’s most sophisticated chips underlined the leverage that China’s dominance of critical and rare earth mineral production and processing gives Beijing, at least until the US can develop capacities that narrow this advantage.
—Ian Bremmer, Time, 11 Aug. 2025
And while many believe that Jalen Hurts' success has just been a beneficiary of Barkley's dominance, Winston had flowers for Jalen, too.
—Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Aug. 2025
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David Goldman, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
Leaning Into Interactive Short-Form Video With the dominance of platforms like TikTok and Instagram Reels, storytelling will lean heavily into short-form video.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Trump’s recent decision to allow China to buy Nvidia’s most sophisticated chips underlined the leverage that China’s dominance of critical and rare earth mineral production and processing gives Beijing, at least until the US can develop capacities that narrow this advantage.
—Ian Bremmer, Time, 11 Aug. 2025
And while many believe that Jalen Hurts' success has just been a beneficiary of Barkley's dominance, Winston had flowers for Jalen, too.
—Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dominance
Noun
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The Brewers’ overall domination of the Reds continued, despite the Reds taking the final game of the three-game series.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
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Yet Tebas’ desire to play games on American soil is exactly the kind of endeavor that makes two-club domination harder to escape.—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Like so many peddling some version of righteous superiority.—
Jody Mamone,
Hartford Courant,
15 Aug. 2025
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Perhaps Robins should take a step back, let go of her sense of superiority, and try to understand that people are leaving the Democratic Party because they are actually informed.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
14 Aug. 2025
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The achievement of quantum computing, along with the concept of quantum supremacy, may raise significant concerns.—
Chuck Brooks,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images As the U.S. and China vie for economic, technological and geopolitical supremacy, the critical elements and metals embedded in technology from consumer to industrial and military markets have become a pawn in the wider conflict.—
Bob Woods,
CNBC,
13 July 2025
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Kanepi entered the tournament with a different kind of reputation: the seed slayer.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
23 Aug. 2025
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These people online have also said that the Owens family has long lived way beyond their means, while Ronn Owens and Jan Black should take responsibility for enabling their daughter’s costly legal imbroglios with these different men, who also have faced harm to their reputations in the process.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
22 Aug. 2025
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The BIDs have influence over about half of 14th Street; the Union Square folks’ dominion covers First to Sixth Avenues, the Meatpacking group’s from Eighth to the Hudson.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
29 July 2025
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And yet if history is any guide, Moscow could go to extreme lengths to preserve its regional dominion.—
JEFFREY MANKOFF,
Foreign Affairs,
24 July 2025
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That distinction still belongs to B-Sides & Rarities, which only spent a single turn in absolute last place, at No. 100, in November 2005.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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In visceral and unrelenting prose, the novel troubles the easy distinctions between victim and perpetrator.—
Katie Kitamura
August 21,
Literary Hub,
21 Aug. 2025
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While Washington threatens, Venezuela steadily advances in peace and sovereignty, demonstrating that true effectiveness against crime is achieved by respecting the independence of its peoples.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Aug. 2025
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Protecting America’s youth and digital sovereignty cannot wait.—
Autumn Dorsey,
Boston Herald,
19 Aug. 2025
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In practice, however, such lofty rhetoric was married to a nostalgic attachment to American primacy that led to a foreign policy plagued by hypocrisy and incoherence.—
CASEY MICHEL,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Aug. 2025
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Shareholder primacy traditionally focuses on concentrating power and wealth in the hands of a few.—
Evan Edwards,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Dominance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dominance. Accessed 30 Aug. 2025.
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