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
So, the Venice festival’s artistic director Alberto Barbera, Eagle Pictures owner Tarak Ben Ammar and Lucky Red founder Andrea Occhipinti sat down with me to discuss the rise of artificial intelligence, the predominance of Netflix and the prospects of a lengthy crisis for Hollywood.
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Alan Friedman, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
The fact of Indian centrality has meant that New Delhi does not always see the value of building regional structures, as such structures cannot add to the predominance India already enjoys in the region.
—Happymon Jacob, Foreign Affairs, 22 July 2024
The fear grew in Berlin that its neighbors and Britain were set on derailing Germany’s natural development on its own continent and preventing its future predominance.
—Odd Arne Westad, Foreign Affairs, 13 June 2024
The predominance of downtown office space also has raised a new challenge in the aftermath of the pandemic, with high vacancies as more office employees spend more time working from home.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 19 May 2024
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Their ability to adapt led the dinosaurs to outcompete non-dinosaurian land vertebrates, so that by the end of the Triassic the dominance of dinosaurs was complete.Michael Irving, New Atlas, 29 Nov. 2024
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Those second-half runs were a trademark over the last two years of dominance.Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 27 Nov. 2024
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The craving for power and domination dwarfs all other hormonal gratifications.Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2024
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The case has become emblematic of rape culture and male domination the world over.Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 28 Nov. 2024
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In the 1990s, The Monday Night War was a pivotal turning point and involved two rival wrestling promotions engaged in a ruthless cable television ratings battle for supremacy.Mark LaSota, Ph.D., Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
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Put together, this allowed the researchers to reconstruct the interactions between ecosystems—essentially a food web—at the time the dinosaurs began rising to supremacy.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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The dominion is a point of pride for those forced to leave so much of themselves behind.Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 1 July 2024
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Glimpses of past traumas and ongoing tribulations are thrown into balance the full breadth of a character striving to solidify her dominion.Holly Jones, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024
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Washington and Beijing have clashed over trade, human rights and the sovereignty of Taiwan and the South China Sea, sparking fears of open war between the superpowers.Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
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But in a way, President Assad has forfeited Syrian sovereignty in order to survive.Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Predominance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/predominance. Accessed 11 Dec. 2024.
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