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predominant

[pri-dom-uh-nuhnt] / prɪˈdɒm ə nənt /


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The UK Payments Market report, released once a year, shows that debit cards - included those loaded onto phones - were the predominant way to pay last year.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

More generally, female dispersal and the tendency for males to remain in their natal group also constitute a predominant pattern among the great apes.

From Science Daily Jul. 7, 2026

Electric arc furnaces are now the predominant method for making steel in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

Creating new bigger and better AI models was the predominant use for AI computing, but now running AI models, a process known as “inference,” is starting to become the bigger workload.

From Barron's Jun. 28, 2026

But the predominant direction of spread was from north to south.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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