1
as in to win
to achieve victory (as in a contest)
we shall prevail despite the overwhelming odds
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2
as in to survive
to continue to operate or to meet one's needs
a custom that still prevails in many areas of Africa
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Recent Examples of prevail
But by then, so many investors owned the stock for the same reason that even a challenge to the prevailing AI narrative could create enormous pressure.
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Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
As a result, more than two centuries later, Wilson remains almost entirely absent from the prevailing narrative about the founding.
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Jesse Wegman,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
Were the legal gambit to prevail, Mangione could get off with a conviction of first-degree manslaughter and a significantly lighter prison term.
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Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
18 June 2026
Kansas City and the area have done too much, too right for the World Cup over nearly a decade now to allow this key aspect of the experience to become a prevailing story.
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Kansas City Star,
17 June 2026
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Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
As a result, more than two centuries later, Wilson remains almost entirely absent from the prevailing narrative about the founding.
—
Jesse Wegman,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
Were the legal gambit to prevail, Mangione could get off with a conviction of first-degree manslaughter and a significantly lighter prison term.
—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
18 June 2026
Kansas City and the area have done too much, too right for the World Cup over nearly a decade now to allow this key aspect of the experience to become a prevailing story.
—
Kansas City Star,
17 June 2026
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Cendejas is a partner at the Strategy Group and has worked with several notable winning political campaigns, including San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and Wahab’s first run for Senate against former Fremont Mayor Lily Mei in 2022.
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The Red Sox have won seven of his last eight games.
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Hinkley was killed, and Fox survived with serious injuries in the incident, according to a report from the California Highway Patrol.
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After many of Jaehaerys’ 13 children died, Aemon Targaryen was the first of his children to survive into adulthood and would have been Jaehaerys’ heir, had Aemon not died before him.
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The quake was also strongly felt in other central and western states, where residents described prolonged shaking that lasted several seconds.
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Anderson’s timeline had the bath lasting for about three hours.
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“Prevail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prevail. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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