Predominate
verb
To be the strongest or main element; to be greater in number or amount.
In this forest, pine trees predominate.

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To command, control, or rule through the ability to excel.
In the industry, large corporations seem to predominate.

Often appears as...
- predominate in
- predominate over
verb
To exert control over.
Despite the critics, his ideas were able to predominate.

Often appears as...
- predominate over
- predominate in thoughts
verb
To have or gain the greatest power or influence; reign.
The president predominated during his term.

Often appears as...
- predominate over
- predominate the market
verb
To be the strongest or main element; to be greater in number or amount.
In this forest, pine trees predominate.

Often appears as...
- predominate in
- predominate over
verb
To command, control, or rule through the ability to excel.
In the industry, large corporations seem to predominate.

Often appears as...
- predominate in
- predominate over
verb
To exert control over.
Despite the critics, his ideas were able to predominate.

Often appears as...
- predominate over
- predominate in thoughts
verb
To have or gain the greatest power or influence; reign.
The president predominated during his term.

Often appears as...
- predominate over
- predominate the market
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Natural Dominance
When nature or qualities overshadow others in importance or visibility.

In the savannah, grasslands predominate the landscape.
Numerical Superiority
Used when one group or type is more numerous than others.

Smartphones predominate among communication devices.
Natural Dominance
When nature or qualities overshadow others in importance or visibility.

In the savannah, grasslands predominate the landscape.
Numerical Superiority
Used when one group or type is more numerous than others.

Smartphones predominate among communication devices.
Natural Dominance
When nature or qualities overshadow others in importance or visibility.

In the savannah, grasslands predominate the landscape.
Numerical Superiority
Used when one group or type is more numerous than others.

Smartphones predominate among communication devices.
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Food Security in an...
like to answer that question from a different dimension and that is the dimension of the individual farmer so in our work every day we think about the eight hundred and sixty million people that go to bed hungry every night most of them are small farmers predominately women who are working the land every day for their food so what does that mean
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How does the Nobel Peace...
or roughly a million US dollars, which is split in the case of multiple laureates. And while laureates can use the prize money as they choose, in recent years, many have donated it to humanitarian or social causes. For many years, the Nobel Peace Prize was predominately awarded to European and North American men.
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Why do cats act so...
It also explains why she prefers a clean and odor-free litter box. That's less likely to give away her location to any predators that may be sniffing around nearby. Considering everything we do know about cats, it seems that one of their most predominate behaviors
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David Agus: A new...
but it targeted a pathway, and a month later, pow, that cancer's gone. Six months later it's still gone. That cancer recurred, and she passed away three years later from lung cancer, but she got three years from a drug whose symptoms predominately were acne.
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Can we cure genetic...
that process, unfortunately, doesn't work in most types of cells, and the disrupted gene outcomes still predominate. Like many scientists, I've dreamed of a future in which we might be able to treat or maybe even cure human genetic diseases.
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How Black Girls Can...
Before YouTube, before WorldstarHipHop, the Black YouTube, on the playground and in the bedroom, the voices that Black girls heard in their own musical play were predominately their own. But these days, online Black girls are drowning
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How we can make crops...
And the reason for this is water. Water is essential to life on this planet. All living, actively metabolizing organisms, from microbes to you and I, are comprised predominately of water. All life reactions happen in water.
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Cave Art 101 PIPE National...
through the cave art left behind by early humans. Around 400 art-filled caves and shelters predominately located in France and Spain have been discovered so far.
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Her Parents Made the...
came into power following a long and bitter struggle for democracy and I saw a government that was over ninety eight percent their concerns predominate in
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Make love, not porn...
I date younger men predominately men in their 20s and when I date younger men I have sex with younger men and when I
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Food Security in an...
like to answer that question from a different dimension and that is the dimension of the individual farmer so in our work every day we think about the eight hundred and sixty million people that go to bed hungry every night most of them are small farmers predominately women who are working the land every day for their food so what does that mean
Video examples
How does the Nobel Peace...
or roughly a million US dollars, which is split in the case of multiple laureates. And while laureates can use the prize money as they choose, in recent years, many have donated it to humanitarian or social causes. For many years, the Nobel Peace Prize was predominately awarded to European and North American men.
Video examples
Why do cats act so...
It also explains why she prefers a clean and odor-free litter box. That's less likely to give away her location to any predators that may be sniffing around nearby. Considering everything we do know about cats, it seems that one of their most predominate behaviors
Video examples
David Agus: A new...
but it targeted a pathway, and a month later, pow, that cancer's gone. Six months later it's still gone. That cancer recurred, and she passed away three years later from lung cancer, but she got three years from a drug whose symptoms predominately were acne.
Video examples
Can we cure genetic...
that process, unfortunately, doesn't work in most types of cells, and the disrupted gene outcomes still predominate. Like many scientists, I've dreamed of a future in which we might be able to treat or maybe even cure human genetic diseases.
Video examples
How Black Girls Can...
Before YouTube, before WorldstarHipHop, the Black YouTube, on the playground and in the bedroom, the voices that Black girls heard in their own musical play were predominately their own. But these days, online Black girls are drowning
Video examples
How we can make crops...
And the reason for this is water. Water is essential to life on this planet. All living, actively metabolizing organisms, from microbes to you and I, are comprised predominately of water. All life reactions happen in water.
Video examples
Cave Art 101 PIPE National...
through the cave art left behind by early humans. Around 400 art-filled caves and shelters predominately located in France and Spain have been discovered so far.
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Her Parents Made the...
came into power following a long and bitter struggle for democracy and I saw a government that was over ninety eight percent their concerns predominate in
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Make love, not porn...
I date younger men predominately men in their 20s and when I date younger men I have sex with younger men and when I
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Neal Patterson
American Businessman
Cerner's focus over the last 20 years has been to provide healthcare, predominately healthcare providers, with advanced clinical and management information systems. Our mission is to connect the appropriate persons, knowledge, and resources at the appropriate time and location to achieve the optimal health outcome.

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Eckhart Tolle
German Speaker
In the West, as well as some other parts of the world, the personal sense of ego tends to predominate, whereas in other areas, there is a more collective sense of ego. This collective ego emphasizes the 'we' rather than the 'I.

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Dorothea Dix
American Activist
Man is not made better by being degraded; he is seldom restrained from crime by harsh measures, except the principle of fear predominates in his character, and then he is never made radically better for its influence.

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Arthur Keith
Scottish Scientist
In a tribal organization, even in time of peace, service to tribe or state predominates over all self seeking; in war, service for the tribe or state becomes supreme, and personal liberty is suspended.

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William John Wills
English Scientist
I consider nothing low but ignorance, vice, and meanness, characteristics generally found where the animal propensities predominate over the higher sentiments.

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Leigh-Anne Pinnock
English Singer
My reality was feeling lonely while touring to predominately white countries where I sing to fans who don't see me, don't hear me, don't cheer me on.

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Carl Jung
Swiss Psychologist
Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.

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Meryl Streep
American Actress
Men should look at the world as if something is wrong when their voices predominate. They should feel it.

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Stephanie Beatriz
American Actress
I've worked in predominately male sets my entire life. Shakespeare? Let's talk about that.

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Fran Drescher
American Actress
My clothes are predominately black and my home is predominantly white.

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Neal Patterson
American Businessman
Cerner's focus over the last 20 years has been to provide healthcare, predominately healthcare providers, with advanced clinical and management information systems. Our mission is to connect the appropriate persons, knowledge, and resources at the appropriate time and location to achieve the optimal health outcome.

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Eckhart Tolle
German Speaker
In the West, as well as some other parts of the world, the personal sense of ego tends to predominate, whereas in other areas, there is a more collective sense of ego. This collective ego emphasizes the 'we' rather than the 'I.

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Dorothea Dix
American Activist
Man is not made better by being degraded; he is seldom restrained from crime by harsh measures, except the principle of fear predominates in his character, and then he is never made radically better for its influence.

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Arthur Keith
Scottish Scientist
In a tribal organization, even in time of peace, service to tribe or state predominates over all self seeking; in war, service for the tribe or state becomes supreme, and personal liberty is suspended.

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William John Wills
English Scientist
I consider nothing low but ignorance, vice, and meanness, characteristics generally found where the animal propensities predominate over the higher sentiments.

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Leigh-Anne Pinnock
English Singer
My reality was feeling lonely while touring to predominately white countries where I sing to fans who don't see me, don't hear me, don't cheer me on.

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Carl Jung
Swiss Psychologist
Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.

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Meryl Streep
American Actress
Men should look at the world as if something is wrong when their voices predominate. They should feel it.

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Stephanie Beatriz
American Actress
I've worked in predominately male sets my entire life. Shakespeare? Let's talk about that.

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Fran Drescher
American Actress
My clothes are predominately black and my home is predominantly white.

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