1
as in conquered
to bring under one's control by force of arms
by 1941 Hitler had dominated much of Europe
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as in overlooked
to look down on
the ruined fortress dominates the town
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Recent Examples of dominated
Carr had been a game warden in Northern Rhodesia (as Zambia was then called), where hunting dominated.
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Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Much of the world's launch capacity today is used to deploy smaller communications satellites into low-Earth orbit, primarily for broadband connectivity rather than for the video broadcast market once dominated by higher-altitude geosynchronous satellites.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
Although his colleagues welcomed him warmly, even providing his child with free gear and accepting his broken English, Manuylov felt some distance between himself and the American standards that dominated snowboarding instruction.
—Maria Williams, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Rather than the days of shows like Modern Family or Frasier, which dominated several years in a row, the Academy now appears to like shaking things up here.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Yet, at the same time, few other countries’ recent football fortunes have been so dominated by talk of a particular era of players.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
In the memory chips sector, China’s ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) and Yantze Memory Technologies (YMTC) have emerged as top contenders – at least in the country for now – in a market long dominated by Samsung, SK Hynix and America’s Micron.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
San Diego, Las Vegas, San Francisco, and San Jose have homeownership rates just above 50% but are similarly dominated by renters, exposing how affordability issues in urban centers are tilting the balance away from ownership.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Shaquille O’Neal has dominated basketball courts, conquered television screens, and built an empire that spans everything from restaurants to real estate.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 5 Sep. 2025
Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Much of the world's launch capacity today is used to deploy smaller communications satellites into low-Earth orbit, primarily for broadband connectivity rather than for the video broadcast market once dominated by higher-altitude geosynchronous satellites.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
Although his colleagues welcomed him warmly, even providing his child with free gear and accepting his broken English, Manuylov felt some distance between himself and the American standards that dominated snowboarding instruction.
—Maria Williams, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Rather than the days of shows like Modern Family or Frasier, which dominated several years in a row, the Academy now appears to like shaking things up here.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Yet, at the same time, few other countries’ recent football fortunes have been so dominated by talk of a particular era of players.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
In the memory chips sector, China’s ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) and Yantze Memory Technologies (YMTC) have emerged as top contenders – at least in the country for now – in a market long dominated by Samsung, SK Hynix and America’s Micron.
—John Liu, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
San Diego, Las Vegas, San Francisco, and San Jose have homeownership rates just above 50% but are similarly dominated by renters, exposing how affordability issues in urban centers are tilting the balance away from ownership.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Shaquille O’Neal has dominated basketball courts, conquered television screens, and built an empire that spans everything from restaurants to real estate.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dominated
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Deftones’ History on the Streaming Ranking Deftones first conquered the Hard Rock Streaming Songs list just last month.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Shaquille O’Neal has dominated basketball courts, conquered television screens, and built an empire that spans everything from restaurants to real estate.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
5 Sep. 2025
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The Oldenburg Film Festival has long been the place to find the strange, the overlooked and the unapologetically unconventional in indie cinema.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Sep. 2025
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For decades, Black performers, writers, and producers have fought to carve out space in an industry that too often overlooked or distorted their stories.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
10 Sep. 2025
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Critics panned Lyles’ subdued initial response and blamed the policies of Charlotte officials for failing to prevent the murder.—
Nick Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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Notably, clean technology was subdued despite Vice President Han Zheng’s remarks at the 2025 Global Energy Interconnection Conference, emphasizing renewable energy’s importance.—
Brendan Ahern,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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French rocket builder and ArianeGroup subsidiary MaiaSpace announced the completion of a monthslong test campaign that subjected several subscale prototypes of its propellant tanks to high-pressure burst tests, European Spaceflight reports.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
5 Sep. 2025
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Alderman Raymond Lopez, a Democrat from Chicago’s 15th Ward, wants Trump to send the National Guard to his city because of the violent crime to which people in his city are subjected.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Pitt defeated The White Lotus in the category, though, along Severance, Andor, The Diplomat, The Last of Us, Paradise and Slow Horses.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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In-state alog with Miami’s huge win (see above), Fllrida played credibly in a 20-10 loss to 3-LSU, and FIU defeated rival FAU 38-28 in the annual Shula Bowl game.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Dominated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dominated. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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