How to Use dominance in a Sentence

dominance

noun
Definition of dominancenext
Synonyms for dominancenext
  • Not the same dominance Auburn had rushed the ball last week.
    — Matt Cohen | McOhen@al.com, al, 10 Sep. 2023
  • And the Sounders’ dominance only grew in the second half.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2023
  • No team in the Mountain West has that imposed kind of dominance over the Aztecs, not in the past decade.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2024
  • This time, a swish, the Lakers on their way to second-half dominance.
    — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
  • Murray’s ties to North Texas and his high school dominance at Allen have added intrigue to these matchups.
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The return to dominance Sunday in the Florida swamps will pump these folks back up.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Teams stop approaching the Aztecs with as much fear, and maybe the Aztecs themselves begin losing that air of dominance.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2023
  • In games that have been played, No. 1 Walpole has maintained its top status in the Globe’s Top 20 with offensive dominance.
    — Kat Cornetta, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Magic kickstarted a decade of Lakers dominance, established the NBA as a league of stars and won from his first year in the league on.
    — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2023
  • For instance, mallards defy norms of male dominance by putting the females in charge of picking a mate.
    — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023
  • There are so many brands to choose from Unlike Sun-In's past dominance in the beauty aisle, now there are tons of at-home sprays for brightening up strands.
    — Maddy Zollo Rusbosin, Southern Living, 26 July 2023
  • Pence is all-in on retail politics while Trump seeks 'dominance' in Iowa.
    — Isabella Murray, ABC News, 8 July 2023
  • That’s a canny move to build cred, but not one that aims for chart dominance; a No. 8 debut makes all the sense in the world for an experimental LP like this.
    — Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 9 May 2023
  • Avalos’ dominance on the mound shut down the Westmont (1-8, 0-2) offense.
    — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2024
  • That kicked off a year of hip-hop celebrations that has underscored the importance and dominance of the genre.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Not even the wife of Taylor Swift’s ex can deny her musical dominance.
    — Shania Russell, EW.com, 9 Apr. 2024
  • At least in the cases of Gore and Clinton, their dominance helped to shrink the candidate field, and the number of debate participants.
    — Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2023
  • But the number of platforms used in the United States and other countries has increased, while X and Facebook have lost dominance.
    — Pranshu Verma, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Microsoft saw the rise of the web coming and realized its dominance was threatened.
    — Allison Johnson, The Verge, 22 Mar. 2024
  • However, the industry is moving way too fast to build your way to dominance.
    — Ron Schmelzer, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • And, if so, are the Dodgers a club that needs to reimagine its approach with playoff success, and not just regular-season dominance, in mind?
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2023
  • Alternative Airplay has proven to be an area of dominance for Green Day.
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Those slight edges don't exist for LA here, as Denver's dominance at home continues in Game 1 here.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 15 May 2023
  • But for now, Temu seems more likely to nibble around the edges of Amazon’s U.S. e-commerce dominance rather than eat into its market share.
    — Drew Bernstein, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The lawsuit filed Thursday focuses on a group of practices that the government said Apple had used to shore up its dominance.
    — Tripp Mickle, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The 760-area code dominance of Olave, unfortunately, was not much reprised.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2023
  • His dominance on the course this year is undeniable, having secured two victories in the last three starts.
    — Anna Tingley, Variety, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Erdogan is seeking a third five-year term that would cement his dominance over the country of about 85 million people.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2023
  • And yet, the basic fact of Manchester City’s dominance remains in either picture.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The dominance of Silicon Valley companies appeared to wobble in 2022, but has come roaring back over the past three months.
    — Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 31 May 2023

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