as in main
coming before all others in importance
the dominant authority on the English language
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Here’s what to know about the dominant flu strain, how symptoms compare with COVID-19 and what doctors recommend as flu season intensifies.
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Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
Once the dominant player in chips, Intel has struggled to keep pace with rivals over the past decade, ceding ground to Qualcomm and Nvidia in crucial areas like mobile and AI.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026
While Cadillac has been dominant in this space for decades, its sales lead isn’t guaranteed.
—Byron Hurd, The Drive, 8 Jan. 2026
Since American snowboarding superstar Chloe Kim won her second Olympic gold medal at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, she’s kept up her dominant ways.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 8 Jan. 2026
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And one of its main ingredients was a hair product – Afro Sheen.—
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Then the Orion capsule will fire up its main thruster and shoot off towards the Moon on its 240,000-mile, four-day journey.—
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Still, the predominant image of Levi Strauss heir Lurie is that of an earnest problem solver blending private sector agility with an ability to experiment with public policy.—
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The predominant symptoms experienced by the ill passengers and crew members were vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal cramps.—
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If the recovering addicts’ primary task was to filter out women who wouldn’t qualify to sue—namely, those who didn’t have pelvic mesh or who did but weren’t in pain—Blake’s was to amp up the value of their lawsuits (and attorneys’ fees) by convincing them to have their mesh surgically removed.—
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The other available Heat players who were out of the primary rotation Saturday were Keshad Johnson, Simone Fontecchio, Kasparas Jakucionis and Myron Gardner.—
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My colleague Jeff, one of the foremost space experts in the world, just published a feature on the efforts to build data centers in space.—
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Many of the city’s foremost bakers — including Sherry Yard, Nancy Silverton, Sumi Chang — brought cookies to share.—
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Lenovo came out all guns blazing at CES 2026, using its biggest global stage yet to signal major leaps across devices, AI, and partnerships.—
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And, in the aftermath, these were Chiefs coaches’ biggest regrets following a season gone awry.—
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Towards the end of the interview, Melvin asked Foster to demonstrate her French skills, in honor of her upcoming movie, A Private Life, which marks the actress' first French leading role.—
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The Heritage Foundation took a leading role in Project 2025, a governing blueprint Trump disavowed during the 2024 campaign but embraced in part after returning to office in January 2025.—
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His first action of the night came after about three minutes into the game, not long after going over to the exercise bike parked just outside the tunnel leading to their locker room, jumping on it while being advised by a member of the Hornets’ performance staff.—
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Pratt launched his mayoral run on the first anniversary of the Los Angeles fires, which destroyed his and his wife Heidi Montag’s home.—
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“Dominant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dominant. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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