as in dominant
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greater in number, force, or importance
A preponderant number of visitors are from outside the country.
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Recent Examples of preponderant
Market value was preponderant in determining the value of the piece of land that the state deemed worthy of expropriating.
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Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
But the preponderant migrants’ motivation has been, and continues to be, to provide a better life for their families.
—Bill Gray, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2025
With preponderant influence in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen, Iran is the regional power that has best been able to take advantage of the crisis in the Middle East.
—F. Gregory Gause Iii, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022
Or, even preponderant effect, seeing as how there will be dilution of the genetic signal along the wave of advance.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2010
In some regions, obviously Europe itself, but in much of North America, southern South America, parts of southern Africa, and Australia and New Zealand, people of European descent became demographically preponderant.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 3 Jan. 2012
The relevance and recent growth of regional Mexican music has become undeniable, and today, the genre holds a preponderant place within the industry.
—Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 16 Mar. 2023
But last week in PLoS ONE a paper looking at the patterns of ancestry in the Brazilian population came to a somewhat inverseconclusion as to the self-conception or perception of the preponderant racial identity of that nation.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 25 Feb. 2011
Our prior expectation should be that the admixture is non-trivial, though not preponderant.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 23 Apr. 2012
Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
But the preponderant migrants’ motivation has been, and continues to be, to provide a better life for their families.
—Bill Gray, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2025
With preponderant influence in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen, Iran is the regional power that has best been able to take advantage of the crisis in the Middle East.
—F. Gregory Gause Iii, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022
Or, even preponderant effect, seeing as how there will be dilution of the genetic signal along the wave of advance.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2010
In some regions, obviously Europe itself, but in much of North America, southern South America, parts of southern Africa, and Australia and New Zealand, people of European descent became demographically preponderant.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 3 Jan. 2012
The relevance and recent growth of regional Mexican music has become undeniable, and today, the genre holds a preponderant place within the industry.
—Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 16 Mar. 2023
But last week in PLoS ONE a paper looking at the patterns of ancestry in the Brazilian population came to a somewhat inverseconclusion as to the self-conception or perception of the preponderant racial identity of that nation.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 25 Feb. 2011
Our prior expectation should be that the admixture is non-trivial, though not preponderant.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 23 Apr. 2012
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preponderant
Adjective
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American F-16s had been dominant in Europe but have been phased out in many countries in favor of the U.S. defense giant's F-35 stealth fighter.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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Apple’s dominant position on laptop longevity appears to have ended, at least with this Air, even though this is still a very good result.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Still, the market behavior to date – as dizzying and against-consensus has it’s been – has not deviated enough from a typical setback in a post-election growth scare to insist that the rules for assessing this market’s prospects have changed definitively with the leadership the White House.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
15 Mar. 2025
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Hamilton is not the first driver to attempt to fulfill a childhood dream by ending his racing career in typical midlife crisis style — in his 40s with a brand new Ferrari and a second family.—
Olivia Hicks,
NPR,
15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Spirit is headquartered in Dania Beach and remains one of the predominant carriers at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.—
David Lyons,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2025
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One of the predominant worries of our age is the desire to live authentically.—
David Katz,
IndieWire,
12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Meeting this challenge means refining polling methods – in particular, ensuring that pollsters are vigilant in capturing a representative sample of Americans.—
Clifford Young,
The Conversation,
7 Mar. 2025
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This poll was conducted Feb. 21-28 from a representative sample of 972 18- to 34-year-olds nationwide.—
Erica Pandey,
Axios,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Preponderant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preponderant. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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