predominant
adjective
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Predominant vs. Predominate
Predominant and predominate are synonymous adjectives. Predominant is the older and much more common form. A number of handbooks and commentators hold predominate to be a mistake—a few insisting that the word is only a verb. But they are wrong. As an adjective predominate is somewhat more likely to turn up in technical writing than in general writing. The adverbs predominantly and predominately are a more even match in frequency than their base adjectives are, although predominantly is still significantly more common than predominately.
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Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
One search through artificial intelligence chatbots generates an exponential amount of 25 times more electricity than a Google search and will become the predominant energy consumer across several countries in a mere number of years.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
Beijing is used to being the predominant external powerbroker with respect to the North and aims first and foremost to maintain balance and stability on the Korean Peninsula.
—Daniel Depetris, Twin Cities, 3 Nov. 2024
The predominant method of devising self-driving cars involves redoing cars and incorporating special components including AI to make them into autonomous vehicles.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Predominant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/predominant. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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