domineer

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for domineer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for domineer
Verb
  • The division’s ‘Big Six’ dominated spending again, though that was hardly new.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In the Chinese foldable phone category, Huawei dominates with a 75% share of the market, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC).
    Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Additionally, the law dictates that state scholarship funding used in high school for more than 29 credit hours will reduce the Arkansas Access to Acceleration scholarship funding that's available to students after high school.
    Edward McKinnon, Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2025
  • As the decrees were lifted, most districts went back to allowing communities and housing patterns to dictate the racial makeup of schools.
    Krista Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Now, the Franciscan missionaries oppressing the Native Americans in the painting had arrows piercing their heads and bodies.
    Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Yet we are also invited to see the Trojans, not the native Italians, as the eastern, luxury-loving imperialist invaders who oppress a noble rustic people.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • The driving force behind these antics is a tyrannizing uncertainty.
    Andrew Kay, Harpers Magazine, 28 May 2025
Verb
  • Chelsea have mastered the art of the consistent grind.
    Megan Feringa, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • But to unlock it, individuals must first master themselves.
    Elan Gepner-Dales, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Domineer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/domineer. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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