How to Use predominately in a Sentence

predominately

adverb
  • From the back of the predominately Black church on Louisville's West End, a solemn-looking man keeps an eye on the proceedings.
    Pat McDonogh, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2022
  • He wasn’t raised in those predominately Black communities, but he has been drawn there to help.
    Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2022
  • The male is predominately poodle, is almost 2 years old, and weighs under 15 pounds.
    Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The filing comes two days before the one-year mark of the fatal grocery store shooting that took place in a predominately Black neighborhood.
    Zenebou Sylla, CNN, 14 May 2023
  • One of the main obstacles Lewis had to overcome at the predominately white Banks was enrolling in honors classes.
    al, 13 Feb. 2022
  • The video starts by panning up Mulvaney's predominately pink fit, featuring a shiny trench and blue jeans with what looks like strands of rhinestones hanging off the edges.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 12 June 2023
  • The grocery store is located in a predominately Black neighborhood in the city.
    Adam Sabes, Fox News, 15 May 2022
  • One of the more challenging scenes was a sit-in staged on an underpass to protest the creation of a new highway through the predominately Black neighborhood of Sugar Hill.
    Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Amphibious forces were said to be assaulting parts of Odessa, a predominately Russian-speaking port city on the Black Sea.
    Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Feb. 2022
  • The movie was predominately filmed in Los Angeles and wrapped in October 2021.
    Samantha Stutsman, Peoplemag, 26 Oct. 2022
  • New kits The 2023 kits are similar to last year’s with the home jersey being predominately navy with subtle accents of royal blue.
    Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The is predominately white and the bed has a canopy with a crocheted fringe, further enhancing the Mrs. Tiggywinkle effect.
    ELLE Decor, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Johanson said this wouldn't have happened to the Community School of Naples girls lacrosse team last year, which was predominately white.
    Alex Martin, USA TODAY, 11 May 2022
  • Vitamin D status also differs by race, and the authors note in the study that their cohort was predominately white.
    Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 25 Dec. 2023
  • The study shows Republicans are less likely to attend a predominately Black church than Democrats by about 12%, for instance.
    Tim Scott, USA TODAY, 14 July 2023
  • The few Black medical illustrators in the predominately white field have been working to right the injustice, Ford said.
    NBC News, 11 Dec. 2021
  • Ticket buyers have been predominately female, while more than 50% of cinemagoers were over the age of 45 years old.
    Rebecca Rubin, Anchorage Daily News, 12 July 2023
  • Considering that the cast is made up of predominately Black women and men, what are some indications that the products are Black and brown girl friendly?
    D'shonda Brown, Essence, 26 Oct. 2022
  • In a profession that is predominately white, Kéré's win is notable.
    Emily Burack, Town & Country, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Black Panther broke ground as the first movie of that scale to be led by a predominately Black cast, while Joker was not marketed as a comic book film and rather was positioned as a prestige picture.
    Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Feb. 2022
  • According to Johnson’s research with the Lubar Center, out-of-state landlords own 23% of the rental housing in predominately Black neighborhoods.
    Talis Shelbourne, Journal Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The arrival of new groups of foreign nationals, predominately Haitians.
    Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Mar. 2024
  • But many saw the decision as a signal about the lack of acceptance Black students could feel in elite, predominately white institutions.
    Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The red sweater is predominately covered in a white sheep motif, but there is one lone black sheep on the front that prompted speculation over a potential hidden meaning.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 27 June 2023
  • The company is predominately a Southeastern grocery chain and boasts 81 stores in Alabama, which is almost double the number of Winn-Dixie stores in the state.
    al, 14 Oct. 2021
  • The report found two of the three power substations that failed were located in predominately Black neighborhoods.
    Laura Ly, CNN, 2 June 2023
  • His $175 million came predominately from his films, his BET shows and his Atlanta production backlot.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Prosecutors allege that the suspect visited the store, which is in a predominately Black neighborhood, at least three times on March 8 and made two sketches during those trips.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 16 June 2022
  • It was designed to keep lower-wealth households and people of color out of middle-class, predominately White neighborhoods.
    CNN, 19 June 2022
  • The line had predominately focused on yellow-gold previously, although a double curved yellow-gold Tubogas did exist in the lineup and it is sold out.
    Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2022

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