predominate
verb (used without object)
to be the stronger or leading element or force.
have predominated
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present perfectof predominate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The risk of catastrophic flooding in the Tulare Lake Basin has diminished as cool temperatures have predominated this spring, flattening the melt curve of the Sierra’s epic snowpack, state officials said Monday.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2023
Spread offenses featuring three or four wideouts have predominated long enough that players now coming out of college were playing in them in Pop Warner.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2020
Residents say social issues play a role, but in recent years concerns about spending and taxes have predominated.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2012
But chances are he’ll spend most of his time supervising the old, and in particular the 19th-century classics, which to date have predominated the company’s repertory.
From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2011
Among this 50,000 were a great variety of trades, but shoe-workers must have predominated, and many of these had received their training in trade unionism among the Daughters of St. Crispin.
From The Trade Union Woman by Alice Henry
