preponderant

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Nations with preponderant military strength tend to fall into this trap when swatting a smaller power, especially when the latter turns out to be more determined or have more at stake.

From Slate • Aug. 2, 2021

The balance of the estate went to charities that had as their goal controlling the growth of population that he saw as the preponderant threat to the world.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 8, 2020

In Britain, England was always the preponderant partner.

From Economist • Jul. 12, 2018

We may not be able to chose the way we are born but a lifetime of individual personal experience should be the preponderant weighing factor in making the decision of how we are to die.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2015

It seems fairly clear that if self-destruction is not the overwhelmingly preponderant fate of galactic civilizations, then the sky is softly humming with messages from the stars.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan