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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
American Airlines is the dominant carrier at CLT, accounting for about 90% of the traffic.
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Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2025
The Maple Leafs’ Stanley Cup drought reached 58 years last season, the longest in league history, but Toronto remains the sport’s most dominant brand.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 1 Oct. 2025
In 1972, the Sunday Times published an obituary for Flo, Flint's mother and the dominant matriarch.
—Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2025
Having rapidly grown from startup to dominant pay-TV operator, YouTube TV now appears to be looking to level up again by incorporating partners’ streaming programming directly into its user interface.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
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Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2025
The Maple Leafs’ Stanley Cup drought reached 58 years last season, the longest in league history, but Toronto remains the sport’s most dominant brand.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 1 Oct. 2025
In 1972, the Sunday Times published an obituary for Flo, Flint's mother and the dominant matriarch.
—Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2025
Having rapidly grown from startup to dominant pay-TV operator, YouTube TV now appears to be looking to level up again by incorporating partners’ streaming programming directly into its user interface.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dominant
Adjective
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Those designing the new main building decided to cut that association, the aim being to make the first-team facilities an area players must aspire to enter.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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In addition, Zacapa, the premium main sponsor of spirits at LAFS, will once again present the Visionary of the Year Award during the summit’s closing cocktail ceremony.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The predominant narrative among many springs scientists, advocates and government officials is that rising nitrate levels in springs over the past few decades fuels the growth of excess algae.—
Christopher F. Meindl,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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Facebook emerged as the predominant tool—particularly in Egypt and Tunisia—helping organizers broadcast calls to march, circulate videos and connect people across the country to turn out and oust their leaders.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Pathways, promises and potential are always the primary motivations.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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Five years later Augusta had a stroke, with Ed acting as primary caretaker.—
JR Radcliffe,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Goodall was known as the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees after spending decades studying them in the wild in Tanzania's Gombe Stream National Park.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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Jane Goodall, the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees whose work was captured in more than 40 documentaries, died Wednesday in California.—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Yet, on arguably the country’s biggest sporting day, the then-19-year-old showed no glimmer of nerves.—
Sam Dalling,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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That doesn’t bode well for a Boise State team allowing 225.7 yards per game through the air, which ranks 85th in the country, and getting beaten for big plays.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Dozens of press freedom groups and more than 100 leading writers, journalists and scholars called for Guevara’s release from ICE detention.—
Liam Reilly,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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All three of these moves are on display in One Battle After Another, DiCaprio’s latest leading turn and the 10th full-length feature from writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Oct. 2025
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Immediately after the cease-fire takes effect, Israel will let 400 aid trucks enter Gaza everyday for the first five days, and gradually increase that number, a senior Palestinian official told the BBC.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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The program gives team members the chance to experience different roles, properties, and cultures first-hand, building skills and strengthening connections across the region, and—in the process—strengthening the company’s cross-cultural bonds.—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Dominant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dominant. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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