prevails

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

It has all been presided over by a no-nonsense judge who will take the jury's decision under advisement, but ultimately decides which side prevails.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

And if Uthmeier prevails, adoptive parents across Florida could find their legal claim to their children suddenly open to challenge, potentially by the very birth parents who relinquished them, or by the state.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

The professors traced this midterm pattern to the elevated level of uncertainty that prevails before the midterms and the resolution of that uncertainty after the midterms.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

If Ms. Cook prevails and Mr. Powell remains on the board, all seven seats on the Federal Reserve Board will be taken—leaving no place to put Mr. Warsh.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

In his popular and influential textbook Principles of Physical Geology, first published in 1944, Holmes laid out a continental drift theory that was in its fundamentals the theory that prevails today.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson