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coming before all others in importance
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Recent Examples of dominant
The 24-time grand slam winner was utterly dominant throughout, facing just one break point all game.
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Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 1 June 2025
Both teams used a dominant run in the playoffs to get to this point, setting up what should be an entertaining series of basketball.
—Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 June 2025
To coach Tyler Marsh, connecting with this dominant version of Cardoso isn’t just a tactical challenge — it’s entirely predicated on the center’s mental approach.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2025
But perhaps the most dominant aspect of the win came on the defensive end.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 23 May 2025
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Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 1 June 2025
Both teams used a dominant run in the playoffs to get to this point, setting up what should be an entertaining series of basketball.
—Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 June 2025
To coach Tyler Marsh, connecting with this dominant version of Cardoso isn’t just a tactical challenge — it’s entirely predicated on the center’s mental approach.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2025
But perhaps the most dominant aspect of the win came on the defensive end.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dominant
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In a statement on social media, the hospital said the attack resulted in severe damage to its main building.—
Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports,
Arkansas Online,
31 May 2025
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Cities To Visit Hood River Known as the windsurfing capital of the world, Hood River is also one of the gorge’s main hubs for dining, shopping, and stays.—
Zoe Baillargeon,
Travel + Leisure,
31 May 2025
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But the predominant theme of the debate was Cuomo facing attacks from the eight other candidates, who laced into him on everything from public safety and education to affordable housing production and the ex-governor’s integrity.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
5 June 2025
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Apparently natural selection among the Uru, Aymara and Quechua peoples of the Bolivian Altiplano took DNA sequences that are present but rare in other populations around the world and increased their frequency to the point where the normally uncommon sequences are predominant in these groups.—
Kermit Pattison,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025
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Furthermore, Newmont has been selling non-core assets, generating substantial proceeds to bolster its primary operations and financial standing.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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The dining room and kitchen lead to an expansive primary suite overlooking the backyard terrace.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
5 June 2025
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Forbes Business Council is the foremost growth and networking organization for business owners and leaders.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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The foremost conflict playing out across the Middle East today is between Israel and Iran, a nation that already possesses a sophisticated and large-scale nuclear program.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 2025
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This is the biggest ever conference organized on the ocean.—
Vivienne Walt,
Time,
10 June 2025
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The move proved fortuitous, as NBA franchise values have soared, with the biggest percentage gains at the bottom of the financial table, thanks to the league’s new 11-year, $77 billion TV contract.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
10 June 2025
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This was bricolage in the mode of postmodernism, to use a term that Jencks had a leading role in propagating, defining it in multiple competing and overlapping (some would say maddening) ways.—
Glenn Adamson,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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Shue returned to acting in the 2010s and has had leading roles on several shows — including Super Pumped, On the Verge, The Boys and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — as well as in films such as Battle of the Sexes (2019), Greyhound (2020) and The Good Half (2023).—
Keith Langston,
People.com,
1 June 2025
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Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free daily newsletter to get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
6 June 2025
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President Donald Trump flipped Miami-Dade red for the first time since George H.W. Bush won the presidency in 1988, riding new support throughout the majority-Hispanic county.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2025
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“Dominant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dominant. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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