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as in dominance
controlling power or influence over others
auction houses battling for domination in the high-end art market
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as in conquest
the act or process of bringing someone or something under one's control
the Spanish domination of the Americas in the 16th century
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Recent Examples of domination
Had Jaime Lannister been armed with the fire-breathing creature, world domination would have been the likely outcome.
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Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 1 May 2025
This description riled up many of those who prefer to view Trump as a cartoon villain (the kind who twirls his mustache while plotting global domination).
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
With her recent domination of Milan, and imminent command over New York City’s annual design week in May, Toogood is happily riding this second wave of success—and humbly basking in the highly deserved recognition from her industry peers.
—Dan Howarth, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2025
All of that has culminated in domination at Quail Hollow.
—Kendall Capps, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
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Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 1 May 2025
This description riled up many of those who prefer to view Trump as a cartoon villain (the kind who twirls his mustache while plotting global domination).
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
With her recent domination of Milan, and imminent command over New York City’s annual design week in May, Toogood is happily riding this second wave of success—and humbly basking in the highly deserved recognition from her industry peers.
—Dan Howarth, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2025
All of that has culminated in domination at Quail Hollow.
—Kendall Capps, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for domination
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That enthusiasm hasn't waned over the past five years, which have seen theaters struggle as streaming giants like Netflix seek to establish dominance in Hollywood.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
22 May 2025
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Either result will represent a change from the recent dominance of a brilliant Real Madrid, who have won the biggest prize in six of the past 11 seasons.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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The trade war started with Trump promising economic conquest.—
Shannon Carroll,
Quartz,
12 May 2025
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The door just slid open with the ease and grace of Countess Luann exiting a party with that night’s conquest on her arm.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
8 May 2025
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Indian spirituality, with its emphasis on the interconnectedness of life, was an important check on the hubris of American individualism and biblical notions of how the world had been given by God to man to have dominion over.—
Andrew Moore,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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By making his milieu familiar to a modern audience, Hytner and Bailey ignore the profound strangeness of Richard, who gains dominion over himself only by letting a nation slip through his fingers.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2025
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In recent years, Beijing and Washington have been vying for supremacy in AI technology that could confer the winner advantages in economic productivity, scientific breakthroughs and national security.—
Amy Gunia,
CNN Money,
22 May 2025
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This truce thus provides not only temporary economic relief but also a moment of clarity, spotlighting the relentless drive of both superpowers toward long-term technological supremacy.—
Vivian Toh,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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But Ukraine accuses Russia of seeking to seize control of the country and remove its sovereignty in an imperial war of aggression.—
Shane Croucher
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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Today, the insurgency has weakened, but an external threat looms larger and larger: steady Chinese encroachment on Philippine maritime rights and sovereignty, primarily in the South China Sea.—
ELY RATNER,
Foreign Affairs,
27 May 2025
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“Domination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/domination. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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