- present tense form of predominate (3rd person singular).
predominates
Example Sentences
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Like the earlier cut, “Chicago Boy,” a jazzy atmosphere predominates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
Acacia blossom honey predominates in Korea's honey production, serving a multitude of purposes.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 2024
In Yoruba culture, which predominates in the south-west of the country, twins are a blessing and their names are predestined.
From BBC ● May 9, 2024
The result is an architecture that’s intended to displace the carbon-heavy cinder-block design that predominates in fast-growing African cities, modern and vernacular at the same time.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2023
One or other humour predominates, and thus we have the long-established doctrine of the existence of the sanguine, the phlegmatic, the choleric, or the melancholy temperaments.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various
