dominant
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In order of importance, concerns about the fiscal deficit are “the dominant and most durable driver” for the recent selloff in long-term Treasurys, said Yulia Alekseeva, head of fixed income at MissionSquare.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
He called on the supporters of the ex-cricket captain -- who remains Pakistan's dominant political personality -- to abide by his party's agreement with the court that there "must not be any crowding or commotion".
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Streptococcus thermophilus, which is also commonly used as a yogurt starter, remained dominant in the semi-soft and harder cheeses throughout the maturation process.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
His new colleagues haven’t done anything to make him miss his best friends on the Detroit Tigers any less, but Skubal hasn’t exactly issued a dominant first impression, either.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Figure 5.27: Take care to use the correct third and seventh — dominant, major, or minor — with extended chords.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
His day job involved explaining the arcane workings of second-inversion dominants and Neapolitan sixths to a class of puzzled undergraduates that included me.
From New York Times ● May 14, 2011
Throughout albums like Innervisions or Songs in the Key of Life you'll find plenty of what you might call 'jazz chords' – flattened 9ths and secondary dominants and extended blues progressions and all that business.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 17, 2010
In its analysis he uses the Mendelian classification of biological traits into dominants and recessives, adds two other categories: survivals and mutations.
From Time Magazine Archive
I noticed one or two hairy, apelike dominants from Jupiter's third moon, and a few of the snaky, scaly, six-limbed creatures from the second.
From The Telenizer by Don Thompson
It must teach us also how to catch the note of new "dominants" that are concealed in the roar of city life, and to make these prevail.
From The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History by G.E. Partridge
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