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preponderating

  1. present participle and gerund of preponderate
    • 1943 May and June, “Notes and News: The Railway Club”, in Railway Magazine, page 176:
      At the January 16 meeting of the Railway Club, Mr. Charles E. Lee, Vice-President, read a paper entitled "Class Distinction," in which he traced the very gradual development (at any rate, with main-line railways) of provision for lower-class passengers; the reduction in discrimination; and the preponderating position of the third class today.