How to Use predominate in a Sentence

predominate

verb
Definition of predominatenext
Synonyms for predominatenext
  • Older people predominate in that neighborhood.
  • The trees are mainly oaks and pines, and the pines predominate.
    — Sam Anderson, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2017
  • By the end of the 1960s, black workers predominated on the lines.
    — Richard Fausset, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Dec. 2019
  • Cells as old as the body itself predominate in the brain.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2019
  • Dark wood predominates with a sprinkling of red vinyl on the chairs and stools.
    — Josh Noel, chicagotribune.com, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Blues, beiges and browns predominate in the first few pages, as a child with a backpack joins the throng on a busy city street.
    — WSJ, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Most are between the ages of 13 and 17, and girls predominate among the missing.
    — Almudena Calatrava, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2018
  • But the winning side of the Babe’s life predominates in these pages and in history.
    — Katherine A. Powers, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2018
  • In the short run, the status issue predominates for the markets.
    — Ting Shi, Bloomberg.com, 10 Oct. 2017
  • But the commercial farms that predominate in the United States tend to plant large plots of a single crop.
    — Andrew Curry, Discover Magazine, 9 Jan. 2013
  • For those that live far from human dwellings, twigs and leaves predominate.
    — The Economist, 30 Sep. 2017
  • The menu includes hot and cold mezza; kebabs and seafood predominate the mains.
    — Michael Klein, Philly.com, 16 May 2018
  • Al-Qurayshi is from the part of Iraq where ethnic Turkmen, rather than Arabs, predominate.
    — NBC News, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Check out how these predominate figures have changed their tune.
    — Fox News, 5 Apr. 2020
  • The purple-white tones that predominate in the field are echoed by the artist's color choices for the sky, resulting in a painting that has a monochromatic look.
    — Mike Giuliano, Howard County Times, 8 Mar. 2018
  • His captors spoke Mandarin, not the Cantonese that predominates in Hong Kong.
    — Kelvin Chan, The Seattle Times, 11 Aug. 2017
  • The feeling that came to predominate was not hopefulness but whiplash, in sports as in everything else.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2021
  • The ancient farmers who came to predominate after most of the tribes like the Hadza disappeared didn’t have it any easier.
    — Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Here, too, vivid color predominates: A glow emanates from the pages as a little boy gets dropped off at his grandfather’s house.
    — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 1 June 2018
  • The strains take turns predominating every season, which is Oct. 1 to March 30.
    — Anne Saker, Cincinnati.com, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Most are dressed in vaguely medieval garb, with red and green capes predominating.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Which of these Trumps predominates depends on which meeting the president happens to be in.
    — Rich Lowry, National Review, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Blues and purples predominate in the mix of angelonia colors, but plant breeders have also brought us bright whites and rich, rosy pinks.
    — Neil Sperry, star-telegram.com, 25 May 2017
  • Controlled burns each spring clear out the oaks and hardwoods that predominate everywhere else.
    — Michael Tortorello, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2018
  • But, in an age of nativism and protectionism, other ways of seeing the world now predominate.
    — The Economist, 31 Aug. 2019
  • For those who have lost jobs, homes, or loved ones to the virus, or have been pressed into dangerous working conditions, fear and grief have been more likely to predominate.
    — Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 5 May 2021
  • Varieties with predominating silver or frosty white can lighten a dark area, and so can those with light shades of the other colors.
    — Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Vaccine makers nearly matched their product with the flu strain that now predominates.
    — Anne Saker, Cincinnati.com, 9 Feb. 2018
  • On the nose, red and dark fruits predominate, along with floral aromas of violet and hints of balsamic vinegar.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Numerous studies have confirmed that men predominate at the farthest reaches of math skills (high and low).
    — Heather Mac Donald, WSJ, 14 Aug. 2017

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