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Recent Examples of domineer
Standing next to her is Lara, the biological mother, a domineering woman dressed in expensive designer clothes.
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Jennifer Wilson, The New Republic, 8 May 2023
Both Houzz and the NKBA are seeing wood coming in close second to (if not surpassing) the once-domineering white vanities.
—Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Mar. 2023
Government mandates are currently only allowing 1,200 Venezuelans to come back per week, leaving many stranded for unknown periods of time – and with little choice but to embark on an unofficial jaunt home, which entails paying criminal enterprises that domineer the porous crossings.
—Hollie McKay, Fox News, 21 Aug. 2020
There, Ned is raised by his domineering mother, Ellen (The Babadook’s Essie Davis, who’s married to Kurzel in real life), once his Irish-convict father, Red (Ben Corbett), exits the picture.
—Isaac Feldberg, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2020
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Jennifer Wilson, The New Republic, 8 May 2023
Both Houzz and the NKBA are seeing wood coming in close second to (if not surpassing) the once-domineering white vanities.
—Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Mar. 2023
Government mandates are currently only allowing 1,200 Venezuelans to come back per week, leaving many stranded for unknown periods of time – and with little choice but to embark on an unofficial jaunt home, which entails paying criminal enterprises that domineer the porous crossings.
—Hollie McKay, Fox News, 21 Aug. 2020
There, Ned is raised by his domineering mother, Ellen (The Babadook’s Essie Davis, who’s married to Kurzel in real life), once his Irish-convict father, Red (Ben Corbett), exits the picture.
—Isaac Feldberg, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for domineer
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After winning Oscars for their co-written screenplay Good Will Hunting in 1997, the dynamic duo continued dominating Hollywood and became the industry's favorite friends.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
16 Jan. 2026
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Young children torn away from their beloved parents and thrown into a cold, strict environment, dominated by the threat of punitive authority.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Jan. 2026
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That split dictates the size of player salaries, which both sides agree need to significantly rise.—
Alex Sherman,Contessa Brewer,
CNBC,
9 Jan. 2026
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Offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels tasks Drake Maye with reading coverage before and after the snap, and those reads then dictate where Maye will direct the ball.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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Discussions with the creative team led to the idea of showing how oppressed the animals were.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
12 Jan. 2026
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In Russia, Cuba, Iran, Belarus, and Uganda, dictatorships have carried on for decades—oppressing and killing their people, attacking their neighbors, and destabilizing their regions.—
Garry Kasparov,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2026
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There would be plenty to celebrate if Iranians successfully replaced the Islamist regime that has tyrannized them for 45 years.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
semafor.com,
18 June 2025
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The driving force behind these antics is a tyrannizing uncertainty.—
Andrew Kay,
Harpers Magazine,
28 May 2025
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The Cowboys have mastered the art of entertaining and interesting better than any sports franchise in the world, but there is a redundancy that to the person who spends a lot of their money on it is justifiably checked out.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Jan. 2026
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At the sound level, our engineer is a guy who makes all the greatest dance music in the Latin world right now [Josh Gudwin is the records’ mixing engineer and Dale Becker mastering engineer].—
Leonor C. Suárez,
Rolling Stone,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Domineer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/domineer. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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