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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
But neither franchise domination, AI nor streaming make Spielberg fret for the future of movies.
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ABC News, 3 June 2026
In some ways this is like many postcolonial nations in the Global South, although Norway’s claims to being a postcolonial country recently freed from the shackles of foreign domination are difficult to sustain in the face of its treatment of indigenous people like the Sámi.
—Ola Morris Innset, The Dial, 2 June 2026
Power over → Partner with Leadership was never supposed to be about domination.
—Maria Ross, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Vegas has been battle-tested through adversity in the regular season and took out two rising teams in Utah and Anaheim, which led them to a domination of the Stanley Cup favorites in the conference final.
—Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 1 June 2026
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ABC News, 3 June 2026
In some ways this is like many postcolonial nations in the Global South, although Norway’s claims to being a postcolonial country recently freed from the shackles of foreign domination are difficult to sustain in the face of its treatment of indigenous people like the Sámi.
—Ola Morris Innset, The Dial, 2 June 2026
Power over → Partner with Leadership was never supposed to be about domination.
—Maria Ross, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Vegas has been battle-tested through adversity in the regular season and took out two rising teams in Utah and Anaheim, which led them to a domination of the Stanley Cup favorites in the conference final.
—Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 1 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for domination
Noun
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The Vikings must find a way to run or throw with dominance to pigeonhole defenses.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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The goal for Netflix appears to be to chip away at the daytime entertainment space, with podcasts seen as the new daytime talk show, as well as to compete with YouTube’s dominance in the space.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
15 June 2026
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In the first 30 days of this assault, Israel killed at least 4,100 children—roughly eight times as many children as Russia killed in 21 months during its war of conquest in Ukraine.—
Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
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This provided the key insight on how vaccines work, which in turn led to the twentieth-century conquest of the most common infectious diseases.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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Or could an upstart that prioritizes love and mercy, say, over dominion lure away their customers?—
Michael Luo,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
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But first comes Infantino’s own strategic test, the same one faced by every emperor whose dominion threatens to collapse because of overexpansion.—
Chris Jones,
The Atlantic,
7 June 2026
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So is indie rock with maybe-a-psy-op-but-who-cares band Geese dominating summer concert sales.—
Madeline Hirsch,
InStyle,
3 June 2026
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Crosby helped invent the modern multimedia entertainer, dominating radio, records, film, and later television with a reach almost unimaginable without social media.—
Michelle Duncan,
Architectural Digest,
2 June 2026
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In order for this society to work (a society based on White supremacy), there has to be a dehumanizing belief that there are a group of people that are static, and cannot, no matter what, move out of this category.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
9 June 2026
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Over the next two decades, Flagg and Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs may be fighting for hoops supremacy.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
9 June 2026
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Around 64% of Saudi Arabia’s total energy supply was from oil in 2023, according to International Energy Agency data, suggesting in this case the trade-off for sovereignty could be sustainability.—
Tasmin Lockwood,
CNBC,
9 Dec. 2025
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The two Southeast Asian nations have long disputed territorial sovereignty along their land border of more than 500 miles, according to The Associated Press.—
Morgan Winsor,
ABC News,
9 Dec. 2025
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“Domination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/domination. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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