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predominant

[pri-dom-uh-nuhnt] / prɪˈdɒm ə nənt /


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The proposed change would remove standards that require teachers or aides to speak the predominant home language of their students.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

"Sadness is the most predominant, I focus too much on what could have happened to me," she added.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

The predominant theme explaining copper’s popularity is its new end-uses in the build-out of data centers as well as for electrification and decarbonization.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

“We’re seeing nationally less trust for vaccines than we did in the past, and that’s what most of us in epidemiology and public health think is the predominant reason for lack of vaccination,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Besides architecture, the predominant art form of Mesopotamia was bas-relief sculpture.

From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell




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