as in domination
controlling power or influence over others
European intellectuals have long debated the consequences of the hegemony of American popular culture around the world
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Recent Examples of hegemony
Meetings on either side of the globe underlined growing challenges to US hegemony, from within and beyond Washington’s traditional alliances.
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Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 16 June 2025
Washington needs to help defend Ukraine or risk global embarrassment – the demise of its military hegemony.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 8 July 2025
So yes, the surveillance business model will be recreated in the AI world and Google will pull out all stops to retain a portion of its hegemony in that space.
—Forrester, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
That reversed decades of Democratic political hegemony in the county, where 94% of residents identify as Latino or Hispanic, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
—Alfredo Corchado, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 16 June 2025
Washington needs to help defend Ukraine or risk global embarrassment – the demise of its military hegemony.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 8 July 2025
So yes, the surveillance business model will be recreated in the AI world and Google will pull out all stops to retain a portion of its hegemony in that space.
—Forrester, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
That reversed decades of Democratic political hegemony in the county, where 94% of residents identify as Latino or Hispanic, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
—Alfredo Corchado, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hegemony
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From a reach standpoint, Netflix is arguably the best fit for the UFC—or any other league looking to establish global domination.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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These 90 million fans and counting organized themselves early on to ensure success for the boys, taking BTS from a 200-person show at Hollywood’s Troubadour to unprecedented global domination.—
David Opie,
IndieWire,
24 July 2025
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In the open era, age records have gone down slightly, but still show player dominance past traditional peak years.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
14 Aug. 2025
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Paranoia is pure American, older than the Constitution—the northern states, for instance, denounced the three-fifths compromise as a Southern play for dominance.—
Book Marks
August 14,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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The achievement of quantum computing, along with the concept of quantum supremacy, may raise significant concerns.—
Chuck Brooks,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images As the U.S. and China vie for economic, technological and geopolitical supremacy, the critical elements and metals embedded in technology from consumer to industrial and military markets have become a pawn in the wider conflict.—
Bob Woods,
CNBC,
13 July 2025
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The BIDs have influence over about half of 14th Street; the Union Square folks’ dominion covers First to Sixth Avenues, the Meatpacking group’s from Eighth to the Hudson.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
29 July 2025
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And yet if history is any guide, Moscow could go to extreme lengths to preserve its regional dominion.—
JEFFREY MANKOFF,
Foreign Affairs,
24 July 2025
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Governments are enforcing where training and inference take place, and laws and regulations are becoming more stringent. Take a strategic, proactive approach to prepare for data sovereignty barriers.—
Mark Mahle,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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But Israel's actions significantly undermined international law and further eroded Lebanese sovereignty and credibility.—
Lynn Zovighian,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Hegemony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hegemony. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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