dominion

Example Sentences

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The Commodity Exchange Act grants regulatory dominion over event contracts sold on prediction markets to the U.S.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

As new territories were brought into the empire by alliance or conquest, they were added to the network, facilitating communication, public works and military movements, and providing a potent reminder of Inca dominion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

He developed it into a call for dominion.

From Salon • Jul. 11, 2025

Who knows whether we’re at the head or tail of the Anthropocene, but the movie seems weary of our dominion.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2025

The Greeks returned the favor: over the roughly one thousand years of Greco-Roman dominion of Egypt, we have no evidence of any Egyptian word making its way into common Greek usage.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro