preponderate
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“If his own opinion prevails at some times, he should acquiesce on seeing that of others preponderate at others. Without this mutual disposition we are disjointed individuals, but not a society.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 2019
He specifically stated that "management of the institution must be genuinely international, without preponderate power of veto."
From Time Magazine Archive
While it is true that some Reformed Congregations hold their services on Sunday, the preponderate number of them still cling to the traditional sabbath.
From Time Magazine Archive
These seek their complement in the other sex cell, but if the male micro-cellules preponderate in number over the female the result will be a male embryo, and vice versa.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gold is left in the anode slime when copper or silver are refined by the usual processes, but if the gold preponderate in the anode these processes are inapplicable.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
The market day close at hand still preponderated over any day even a year off.
From The Ravens and the Angels With Other Stories and Parables by Elizabeth Rundle Charles
The only difference was, when the measure had assumed its final shape, whether the good it contained so far preponderated over its acknowledged evil, as to justify the reception and support of the whole together.
From The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 by Daniel Webster
So long as the north of France, where the Germanic element prevailed, preponderated in the policy of the country, the fabric of feudalism, or rather its inform remains, maintained their ground.
From The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
On the whole perhaps the good preponderated, for they undoubtedly aided in postponing a revolution for which the world was not yet ready.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Henry Charles Lea
It was now almost impossible to say which side preponderated.
From Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume II (of 2) by Henry Glassford Bell
"The League cannot ignore the existence of Japan as a world power, and especially as a power with the preponderating position in Eastern Asia."
From Time Magazine Archive
Moreover, even those who attribute to the "syndicate" of factors a preponderating power over historical progress do not attribute to intelligence a greater influence than we recognize as belonging to it.
From Socialism, Revolution and Internationalism by Gabriel Deville
The principle involved in this preponderating e. m. f. he explains in this way: Suppose a conductor is moved into the magnetic field and then suddenly withdrawn.
From The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting by Thomas Commerford Martin
Bird’s-eye view of the Philippine Archipelago, showing the preponderating importance of Luzon.
From The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. Blount
It has, however, on the highest authority since transpired that when in 1874 Mr Disraeli took office, he had already decided upon acquiring for England a preponderating interest in the international waterway.
From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet) Escott
