prevailing
IPA: prɪvˈeɪɫɪŋ
adjective
- Predominant; of greatest force.
- Prevalent, common, widespread.
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Examples of "prevailing" in Sentences
- The prevailing wind is from the west.
- It reflects the prevailing knowledge of the field.
- The prevailing view of the discussion is to merge.
- This is the prevailing perception of the campus culture.
- RUSTICUS, that _arrishers_ is the term prevailing in that county for
- What would a front-loader do to give life an edge in prevailing conditions present and future?
- A major shift in prevailing ideas inevitably has implications for action, many of them unanticipated.
- July 2nd, 2008 at 1: 32 pm chunkdz: What would a front-loader do to give life an edge in prevailing conditions present and future?
- Last week, a Canadian journalist wrote an op-ed piece on what she referred to as the prevailing "culture of porn" in Western society.
- Last week, a Canadian journalist wrote an op-ed piece on what she referred to as the prevailing “culture of porn” in Western society.
- Having fully apprehended the dangers inherent in prevailing models of privacy, one may then begin to articulate an alternative vision of privacy.
- My friend Gary Rosenblatt, the publisher and editor of New York's Jewish Week, is right when he decries what he calls the prevailing "attack politics mentality."
- Gautier could cast himself as a seeker of truth unencumbered by alliances with established scientists, a doubter who discovered faults in prevailing theories but was prevented from receiving the acclaim he deserved. reference The presentation in Chroa-génésie is so convoluted that it is unintelligible without a good knowledge of the physics and mathematics that render its deficiencies obvious.