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35 examples of Preponderance in a sentence

Not in most cases, and not in the preponderance of cases, but in every single instance where he made some reference to the Holocaust, that his supposed evidence was distorted, half-truth, date-changed, sequence-changed, someone put at a meeting who wasn't there.
During the Cold War, most Europeans tolerated America's tendency to lead unilaterally, because of the Soviet threat and the preponderance of US power.
This preponderance of military spending applies to all ten years of Obama’s medium-term scenario.
The US may be the only superpower, but preponderance is not empire.
Hegemony is not omnipotence, but is certainly preponderance.
If handled well, they will promote the transitional devolution of American hegemony into something that might, over time, emerge as a cooperative structure of power that gradually replaces what is today an unique set of circumstances in which one power exercises preponderance, even if not omnipotence.
But if these processes can be handled responsibly, if Europe unites, if the EU expands, if NATO expands, if the American-Chinese relationship is more cooperative, if there is greater sharing of political responsibility for the fate of the Middle East and the Persian Gulf, particularly once there is a peace treaty between Israel and its neighbors, if there is triangular discourse, cooperation, security arrangements eventually in the Far East, if Russia realizes that its only destiny is not the recreation of an empire that claims the status of a global power but as part of a more closely integrated Europe, which will create for the Russian people the opportunity to become a truly democratic and modern state, then we'll have the makings of something which provides gradually an alternative to the present, rather unique, phase of American preponderance.
But, while early Zionism was blessed with pragmatism and diplomatic savoir-faire, the preponderance of the military ethos of the nation in arms has relegated Zionism’s extraordinary foreign-policy achievements to a remote corner of Israelis’ collective memory.
As Germany’s economic preponderance translates into greater political power, it becomes increasingly important to supplement this with France’s unique point of view.
The constitutional drafting process was rushed, without the input of liberals, non-Muslims, and women, all of whom boycotted the process, owing to the preponderance of Islamists.
The US accounted for more than one-third of global product and had an overwhelming preponderance in nuclear weapons.
Yet many believe that America’s current preponderance in power resources is hegemonic, and that it will decline, like that of Britain before it.
That scenario implies slower growth – possibly 1-1.5 percentage points slower – in developing countries, including China, again with a preponderance of downside risk.
China is a long way from posing the kind of challenge to American preponderance that the Kaiser’s Germany posed when it surpassed Britain in the years leading up to World War I.
If that burden of proof – “beyond a reasonable doubt” – were lowered to, say, “a preponderance of the evidence,” as it is in civil cases, the state would have an easier task.
It needs such weapons to compensate psychologically for NATO’s preponderance – a reversal of the Cold War epoch – in conventional forces.
Many blame the country’s failure to qualify for this summer’s European championship on the preponderance of foreign players in English club teams.
Such a preponderance of power cannot be healthy in the long run, as it will fuel resentment of Germany and likely leave the EU less willing and able to act together on the world scene.
We show that the preponderance of theoretical and empirical evidence indicates that the economic institutions and laws protecting knowledge in today’s advanced economies are increasingly inadequate to govern global economic activity, and are poorly suited to meet the needs of developing countries and emerging markets.
The US is the only superpower, but preponderance is not empire or hegemony.
Because globalization will spread technical capabilities, and information technology will allow broader participation in global communications, American preponderance will become less dominant later this century.
So we develop peculiar misperceptions, especially the idea that a preponderance of things are going wrong.
China is a long way from posing the kind of challenge to American preponderance that the Kaiser’s Germany posed when it surpassed Britain at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Approximately two million Americans are now serving either prison or jail time, over one million of them for non-violent offenses (a preponderance of these either for drug use or low-level drug sales).
Learning to listen to others and to define US interests broadly to include global interests will be crucial to American soft power and whether others see the American preponderance as benign or not.
As globalization spreads technical capabilities, and information technology allows broader participation in global communications, American economic and cultural preponderance may diminish.
Last year, a scientific panel to the European Union concluded that the preponderance of the evidence indicates that fish do feel pain.
As the Georgian crisis has underscored, there are limits to the ability to influence developments in a region where Russia has strong strategic interests and a preponderance of military power.
As Paul Collier of Oxford University has pointed out, the preponderance of dictatorships and autocratic kingdoms in the ranks of the largest oil exporters indicates that where these huge economic rents exist, pressures are created against economic diversification and democratization.
Thus, an inflexible contract can protect workers when the preponderance of bargaining power is with firms.