as in main
coming before all others in importance
the dominant authority on the English language
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Recent Examples of dominant
And since turkey hunters like to chase dominant birds, the snood may actually be a better indicator of that than spurs or beard length.
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Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 21 Mar. 2025
Holding them to just 40 points, Houston combined great defense and great offense to win in dominant fashion.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
These conferences seized the initiative for football purposes, yes, and football is the dominant force in college sports money.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2025
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, 11 Mar. 2025
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Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 21 Mar. 2025
Holding them to just 40 points, Houston combined great defense and great offense to win in dominant fashion.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
These conferences seized the initiative for football purposes, yes, and football is the dominant force in college sports money.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2025
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, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dominant
Adjective
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Everybody plays numerous parts, assigned without regard to gender (there’s even a cameo for Fleming), but the anchors are Cumming’s Cholmondeley, the nerd who came up the audacious idea, and Hodgson’s Montagu, the operation’s main manager and salesman.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
21 Mar. 2025
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The physical pop-up takes over The Carousel @ Bloomingdale’s 1,600-square foot main floor space, as well as displays in the store’s Lexington Avenue windows for the launch.—
Lisa Lockwood,
WWD,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The Jewish faith is predominant throughout the musical — references to certain prayers are made, Yiddish phrases are baked into the dialogue, and many Jewish traditions are brought to life on stage.—
Carolina del Busto,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Mar. 2025
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Practical implications In practice, much of the federal government’s day to day functioning will likely remain the same since English is already the predominant language used in the country, experts said.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2025
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His primary motive in life is to make money and get laid.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2025
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The Farm Bill, officially named the Agriculture Improvement Act, is a comprehensive bill passed every five to six years that acts as the primary agricultural and food policy instrument for the federal government.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Mar. 2025
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One of the world’s foremost JFK assassination experts thinks there’s nothing in the mountains of classified government files that President Donald Trump ordered released this week that points away from Lee Harvey Oswald as the lone gunman that sunny day in Dallas 61 years ago.—
Josh Meyer,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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Robert Brill, Brill Media Forbes Business Council is the foremost growth and networking organization for business owners and leaders.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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In total, sharp bets caused lines to move by 2½ points or more on nine games with the biggest adjustment on Wisconsin from -23 to -16 vs. Montana.—
Jay Ginsbach,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Telefónica, one of Europe’s biggest telcos, has been instrumental in the digitalization and connectivity required for high-end productions.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Under the Biden administration, Caribbean leaders took a leading role in trying to help mediate the ongoing crisis in Haiti, which worsened after the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
21 Mar. 2025
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Rwanda played a leading role in both, backing rebel groups and deploying its own troops.—
Emmet Livingstone,
The Dial,
20 Mar. 2025
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In the first episode, Lochlan watches Saxon undress and stares a little too long at him naked.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2025
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The Sins Of The Brother Of course, the most shocking moment in this episode is something that’s been setup from the very first episode.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Dominant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dominant. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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