as in dominance
controlling power or influence over others
the predominance of the Dutch in international trade during the 17th century
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Recent Examples of predominance
The predominance of 4-3-3 is evident in the graphic below, which shows the average position of Newcastle’s players during the ‘build-up’ and ‘creation’ phases.
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Chris Waugh, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2025
In Minnesota, despite predominance of corn and soybeans, oats and barley remain viable and are competing crops using near-identical inputs.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 20 July 2025
The predominance of Teslas in Wyoming mirrors another reality for most gasoline superusers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Dec. 2022
Though beauty is still largely a brick-and-mortar business and the company’s predominance in physical retail isn’t new, the next 35 years entail looking at the future of eventing and IRL experiences to maintain existing customers and attract new ones.
—James Manso, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Chris Waugh, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2025
In Minnesota, despite predominance of corn and soybeans, oats and barley remain viable and are competing crops using near-identical inputs.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 20 July 2025
The predominance of Teslas in Wyoming mirrors another reality for most gasoline superusers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Dec. 2022
Though beauty is still largely a brick-and-mortar business and the company’s predominance in physical retail isn’t new, the next 35 years entail looking at the future of eventing and IRL experiences to maintain existing customers and attract new ones.
—James Manso, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for predominance
Noun
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Leader Xi Jinping has pushed to modernize the military, particularly the navy, to challenge US dominance in the South China Sea and assert sovereignty claims over Taiwan.—
Brendan Ruberry,
semafor.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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This trend suggests to me that the global dominance of English has diminished the need—and, over time, the desire—for native speakers to expand their linguistic terrain.—
Ross Benjamin,
The Atlantic,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Everything bops breezily along, stopping occasionally to have Dek growl maxims about strength through domination, and observe a decapitation or two.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
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By 1974, though, many women had already discarded those notions as instruments of domination, psychic equivalents of the whalebone corset.—
James Marcus,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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But a couple of decades later, the rise of big-box retailers that boasted lower prices, like Walmart and Target, challenged that supremacy.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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In benchmark tests using Random Circuit Sampling (RCS), the same method used by Google to demonstrate quantum supremacy, Helios achieved results that would be practically impossible for any classical supercomputer.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Stars asserted dominion over their kingdom, their names airbrushed on walls (Bow Wow) and etched into marble floors (Missy Elliott).—
Kim Hew-Low,
The Atlantic,
10 Nov. 2025
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The history of premodern Southeast Asia, where small kingdoms competed and traded without coming under the dominion of China or India, suggests a different model.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Nov. 2025
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As South Asian publics have pushed back against governments closely aligned with New Delhi, Beijing has asserted itself, courting new regimes with loans and military hardware and stressing respect for their sovereignty.—
MUHIB RAHMAN,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Nov. 2025
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Leader Xi Jinping has pushed to modernize the military, particularly the navy, to challenge US dominance in the South China Sea and assert sovereignty claims over Taiwan.—
Brendan Ruberry,
semafor.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Predominance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predominance. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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