as in dominance
the fact or state of being above others in rank or importance
the magazine's prepotency in the world of fashion is accepted without question
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Noun
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Instead, New York responded with overwhelming physical dominance.—
Alejandro Avila,
FOXNews.com,
26 May 2026 -
In the labor market, four decades of Boomer dominance suppressed wages and opportunity for younger workers, and their accelerating exit now threatens a worker shortage businesses are unprepared to absorb.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
25 May 2026
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In all cases, manufacturers vied for superiority and publicity.—
Keith Laing,
USA Today,
23 May 2026
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With that backdrop, Mayasi’s visual and narrative priorities, rejecting both judgment and moral superiority, render his film all the more powerful.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
20 May 2026
Noun
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This distinction matters enormously.—
Matthew F. Erskine,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
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There’s a distinction between celebration and commemoration.—
Julian Sancton,
HollywoodReporter,
25 May 2026
Noun
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So others speculate and then the Heat somehow are the ones who get caught in the spin cycle of various insiders of various repute trying to sell Substack subscriptions or generate clicks or views.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Feb. 2026
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Two other veteran Dutch managers of significant repute had been in the reckoning, one of them a former boss of Manchester United.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
19 Nov. 2025
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And the incident was one of four mechanical problems with the LCS fleet in a year, staining the reputation of the ships’ reliability.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
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That isn’t to say Crichton is an author whose reputation needs resuscitating.—
Ian Mackenzie,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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The result dethroned Europe’s uncontested supremacy over great wine.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
27 May 2026
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Three buildings over, a Civil Discourse class was debating 1798 America and the federal government’s battle with the states for supremacy.—
Laura Meckler,
Washington Post,
27 May 2026
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“Prepotency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prepotency. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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