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predominate

[pri-dom-uh-neyt] / prɪˈdɒm əˌneɪt /


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The blues predominate, especially on the Village set, which opens with a 15-minute workout titled “Jump Up and Down—Fast.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

It's deliberately very soft, and the idea behind introducing it was to try to generate more pit stops, and force teams away from the one-stop strategies that predominate in F1 at the moment.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025

But those are categories in which unions already predominate.

From Slate • Jul. 2, 2025

Many acts perform in their national languages and some draw on folk traditions and instruments, though slick production and electro beats still predominate.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2024

Even if the analysis is limited to felonies—thus excluding extremely minor crimes and misdemeanors—nonviolent offenses predominate.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander