preponderance

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Emerging market stocks still trade at a steep discount to the S&P 500, despite a preponderance of technology stocks in these markets.

From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026

While criminal cases require a burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt, civil cases require only a preponderance of the evidence.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2025

Evidence of this practice is the preponderance of A’s in student grades at Harvard and other formerly elite universities and colleges.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

A preponderance so crushing will resist to the last.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2025

The preponderance of the soldier vote was for Lincoln that year.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt