preponderant
adjective
superior in weight, force, influence, numbers, etc.; prevailing.
preponderantly
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a word derived from
preponderant.
Example Sentences
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Statistics from Global Inequality, a 2016 book by the development economist Branko Milanović, indicate that in relative terms the greatest benefits of globalisation have accrued to a rising “emerging middle class”, based preponderantly in China.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 14, 2017
More relevant to the Brownsville lawsuit, however, is that American jurisprudence is preponderantly acquiescent to the duties of the chief executive.
From Newsweek
When governors did debate it last week, their sentiment was preponderantly Dry, as was to be expected among politicians discussing the law of the land.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week, to hear Newton's full-dress "Report on Russia," a preponderantly female audience of 3,500 Georgians filed into Atlanta's Municipal Auditorium.
From Time Magazine Archive
Switzerland, though profoundly Republican, is almost equally divided into parties known respectively as "Radical" and "Conservative:" the Protestant Cantons being preponderantly Radical, the Catholic generally Conservative.
From Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. by Horace Greeley
