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Meanings of preponderant in English

Having superior power and influence.

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        When he ascended the throne Germany's position on the continent was preponderant.
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        2
        Among the most important factors of history one was preponderant-thefactor of beliefs.
        The Psychology of Revolution
        3
        The southern stock, including settlers from Kentucky and Tennessee, was the preponderant class.
        Rise of the New West, 1819-1829
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        Turkey must become a really Mohammedan country, and Moslem influence must be preponderant.
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        S: Then as for him whose good deeds are preponderant, these are the successful.
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        No one sect is sufficiently preponderant to admit of that.
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        TS'U: semi-barbarous principality alone preponderant on the Yang- tsz River.
        Ancient China Simplified
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        Given its preponderant lead in the polls it certainly looks like Labour's election to lose.
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        First, the preponderant type of cells was formed by flattened, spindle cells with sparse cytoplasm.
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        10
        Nevertheless, when compared to Cuba, Jamaica cannot be considered the preponderant position of the Caribbean.
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        She has still a preponderant power in allocating business.
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        But may not the areas of preponderant movement have changed in the lapse of ages?
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        Hence, though some novels have appeared of considerable merit, the worthless have been greatly preponderant.
        A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 / Taken from a View of the ...
        14
        To be preponderant, she knows it is necessary for her to be a maritime power.
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        15
        Bases of salts, preponderant action of, on Drosera, 186
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        The congregation is a mixture of working and middle class people; the former kind being preponderant.
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