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prevail
verb as in dominate, control
Example Sentences
There is a strong argument to say they would also prevail on ice and sand, but there is no doubt court speeds have become much more uniform over the past 20 years.
They argue that in the chaos of the post-revolution period, the facility was "the safest place" for Mas'ud and the other agents, given the violence and anti-Gaddafi sentiment prevailing at the time.
The ultimate number of majority-Black districts in Louisiana is not only a question of constitutional principles applied to prevailing facts.
But they prevailed nonetheless with a hard-fought victory — the kind that could catapult them into the rest of this month.
In his concluding chapter, “War for War’s Sake,” Daddis underscores the stubborn commitment to war that prevails among many Americans, despite the costly and disastrous wars of this century.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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