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Recent Examples of predominance Like most industries in the North American business ecosystem, the legal cannabis industry is a stronghold of male predominance. Iris Dorbian, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025 That predominance was seen in London. Jamie Lang, Variety, 28 Feb. 2025 The predominance of digital communications has exacerbated feelings of loneliness and disconnection, with many Gen Zer struggling to rebuild their social skills in the post-pandemic world. Jack Kelly, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025 The firm has gotten more active in the growing secondary market for private company stakes, and Mehta says the predominance of its deals in the last two years has been in the form of exits providing liquidity to early investors or founders rather than investing directly in the company. Hank Tucker, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for predominance
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Noun
  • Dominating Grocery Walmart’s dominance is most pronounced in grocery.
    Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • This launched an era of dominance with a string of classic main events.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • The brand does not aim for mass-luxury global domination.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 29 June 2025
  • Here’s a look at the ten brands that rolled their way to the top in 2024, each with a different formula for domination.
    Javier Hasse, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • The lights go up in Sin City on Sunday night as defending champion Mexico faces Costa Rica with Group A supremacy and a smoother road to the final on the line.
    Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 22 June 2025
  • One of them, Illinois coach Bret Bielema believes, is an end to the notion of the Southeastern Conference’s supremacy.
    Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • After confederation, Canada strove to be the most British dominion in the British empire.
    Stephen Marche, The Atlantic, 1 July 2025
  • These were inhabitants of the Real East Coast who, even in the late 2000s, were still under the impression that hip-hop’s having been created in their territory granted them indefinite dominion over how the genre’s rhythm and presentation were supposed to feel.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • In his latest book, Is a River Alive?, Macfarlane travels to three very different rivers (in Ecuador, India and Quebec) to examine the question of a river’s sovereignty.
    Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 1 July 2025
  • The United States is declining into authoritarianism and threatening Canada’s sovereignty.
    Stephen Marche, The Atlantic, 1 July 2025

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“Predominance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predominance. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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