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as in dominance
controlling power or influence over others
auction houses battling for domination in the high-end art market
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as in conquest
the act or process of bringing someone or something under one's control
the Spanish domination of the Americas in the 16th century
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Recent Examples of domination
More recently, from 2013 to 2014, Gardin documented the destructive transit of cruise ships through Venice’s delicate canals—a grotesque symbol for the domination of the city, and the country, by tourism and big business.
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Max Norman, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
China’s path to global domination is not necessarily an easy one, though.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
And without a strong political center, Japan will be less able to resist Chinese domination of Asia or sustain international cooperation on free economic exchange.
—Mireya Solís, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
Writer-director Chloé Zhao follows up Nomadland’s domination of the 2021 Oscar ceremony with this page-to-screen adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's novel Hamnet, a fictional take on William Shakespeare, his wife Agnes and their son.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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Max Norman, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
China’s path to global domination is not necessarily an easy one, though.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
And without a strong political center, Japan will be less able to resist Chinese domination of Asia or sustain international cooperation on free economic exchange.
—Mireya Solís, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
Writer-director Chloé Zhao follows up Nomadland’s domination of the 2021 Oscar ceremony with this page-to-screen adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's novel Hamnet, a fictional take on William Shakespeare, his wife Agnes and their son.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for domination
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English has became the de facto language of governance, law, and commerce through usage and cultural dominance, not through a mandate.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Meta has previously butted heads with Apple over policies related to the iPhone maker’s App Store, and Zuckerberg has previously criticized the iPhone maker’s App Store dominance.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
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In the early colonial period, publications often contained collections of high-profile personalities’ portraits, starting with the depiction of high-ranking Japanese colonial officials began in 1896, with an illustrated account of the Japanese conquest of the island.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
13 Sep. 2025
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Instead of conquest, the focus was intimacy—feeling the land under your feet, learning animal tracks, listening to the bush itself.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Ralf Rangnick's men are jostling with Bosnia & Herzegovina for early dominion in Group H and travel to face the Dragons on Tuesday in a crucial clash.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Sep. 2025
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The most likely result is perpetuation of the status quo, under which Israel controls the entirety of the territory between the River and the Sea and imposes differing degrees of authority over Palestinians under its dominion.—
Hussein Agha,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
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Just one week after wowing spectators at the US Open with her dominating and inspiring tennis skills, Coco Gauff shifted her razor-sharp focus to her other passion—fashion.—
Paul Chi,
Vogue,
11 Sep. 2025
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The strange power of a three-decade-old song dominating summer playlists is no accident.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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Politicians on both sides of the aisle have expressed a desire to secure American supremacy in space.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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But if only a few nations achieve a measure of global AI supremacy, that could have far-reaching impacts on competitiveness, economic and financial power concentration, control over key technologies for modern life, and outsized social and cultural influence.—
John Koetsier,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Peace cannot be achieved by ceding sovereignty.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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As with much of the South China Sea, Beijing asserts sovereignty over wide swaths of territory that overlap with claims by other governments—including the Philippines.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Domination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/domination. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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