dominant

In a sentence

Six example sentences with dominant, each labelled with its topic.

• The center was so dominant on the glass that opponents stopped crashing the offensive boards by the third quarter.

  Basketball

• One carrier is dominant on that route, which is why a return ticket costs more than a flight twice the distance.

  Economics

• The bass line is dominant in the mix, sitting so far forward that the guitars sound like distant weather.

  Music

• The dominant player in the market had ninety percent of users, so the founders aimed at the customers it ignored.

  Startups

• One party has been dominant in the province for thirty years, and the opposition rarely fields a full list.

  Politics

• The study found that the dominant child in each pair chose the game, while the quieter one simply followed.

  Psychology

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More Academic words

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