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coming before all others in importance
the dominant authority on the English language
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The Serbian star was dominant throughout – never facing a break point – and his performance was a stark improvement on recent first-round exits in Monte-Carlo and Madrid.
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Matias Grez, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
In the last six years, federal prosecutors in Sacramento and Fresno have targeted the Aryan Brotherhood, the dominant criminal organization among white inmates in the California prison system.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
Light, fine, dominant and gorgeous aromas of black cherries.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
Like every successful side in these early years of the World Cup, Uruguay 1950 had an outstanding centre-half in Varela, who was physically dominant and also a key attacking weapon.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 11 May 2025
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Matias Grez, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
In the last six years, federal prosecutors in Sacramento and Fresno have targeted the Aryan Brotherhood, the dominant criminal organization among white inmates in the California prison system.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
Light, fine, dominant and gorgeous aromas of black cherries.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
Like every successful side in these early years of the World Cup, Uruguay 1950 had an outstanding centre-half in Varela, who was physically dominant and also a key attacking weapon.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 11 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dominant
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The golden flying snake bears two main color morphs — a green-yellow form sports bold black streaks and occasional reddish dorsal spots, and another form where the same base hues are overlaid with subtler crossbars.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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Homelessness is certainly a major problem, said Julie Hayden, CEO of the East County Transitional Living Center, the area’s main shelter.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2025
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Mercantilism had been the predominant economic model of the prior two centuries, advocating for trade surpluses with all nations.—
Sarah Keohane Williamson,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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Fedde was using a steady four-pitch mix, with his sinker being the predominant pitch.—
Katie Woo,
New York Times,
10 May 2025
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David Hogg, a Democratic National Committee vice chairman, has elevated his national profile but risked his standing in the DNC for promising to primary older incumbents in Congress.—
Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
24 May 2025
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In the place of Gantu, the character Jumba instead assumes the primary villain status in the remake.—
Benjamin VanHoose,
People.com,
24 May 2025
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Forbes Business Council is the foremost growth and networking organization for business owners and leaders.—
Mark Morgan,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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Cruise emerged as Hollywood's foremost advocate for the theatrical experience during the COVID-19 pandemic, when theaters across the globe were staring down an uncertain future.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
22 May 2025
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Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
31 May 2025
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The seventh grader from Dallas won the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, after last year having come in second place on the big stage.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC news,
30 May 2025
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This was bricolage in the mode of postmodernism, to use a term that Jencks had a leading role in propagating, defining it in multiple competing and overlapping (some would say maddening) ways.—
Glenn Adamson,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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Shue returned to acting in the 2010s and has had leading roles on several shows — including Super Pumped, On the Verge, The Boys and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — as well as in films such as Battle of the Sexes (2019), Greyhound (2020) and The Good Half (2023).—
Keith Langston,
People.com,
1 June 2025
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Slaw Dog took home first place Slaw Dog took home first place.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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Neither was the British version of The Office, which launched in 2001, though that was among the first television series to run with it.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
25 May 2025
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“Dominant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dominant. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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