preponderant
adjective
pre·pon·der·ant
pri-ˈpän-d(ə-)rənt 
1
: having superior weight, force, or influence
2
: having greater prevalence
preponderantly
adverb
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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.
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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
The authors have no explanation for the apparent lack of awareness for this widely preponderant syndrome and its severe cosmetically disfiguring potential.
—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2013
Under federal law, race cannot be a preponderant motive in drawing a district, wrote Dr. Cervas, a fellow at Carnegie Mellon University.
—Jimmy Vielkind and Eliza Collins, WSJ, 21 May 2022
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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
The authors have no explanation for the apparent lack of awareness for this widely preponderant syndrome and its severe cosmetically disfiguring potential.
—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2013
Under federal law, race cannot be a preponderant motive in drawing a district, wrote Dr. Cervas, a fellow at Carnegie Mellon University.
—Jimmy Vielkind and Eliza Collins, WSJ, 21 May 2022
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preponderant
adjective
pre·pon·der·ant
pri-ˈpän-d(ə-)rənt
1
: having greater weight, force, or influence : predominant
2
: having greater frequency
preponderantly
adverb
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