How to Use preponderance in a Sentence

preponderance

noun
  • This means that the preponderance of waste in my trash bin is plastic.
    — Star Tribune, 17 Feb. 2021
  • There was a preponderance of youth in our culture at that point.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2025
  • This week saw a preponderance of old-school late-night segments across shows.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
  • There's a preponderance of bird life.
    — Outside Online, 8 Oct. 2025
  • There’s been a preponderance of straight white men on stage, and that’s what we’re used to seeing.
    — Stephanie Clifford, ELLE, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Not all the neighborhoods with a preponderance of pools are so high-end.
    — Michael Kolomatsky, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2019
  • The weather here is modest for the preponderance of the year.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2021
  • The preponderance of evidence shows that this is not the case.
    — Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 24 Sep. 2025
  • There’s a preponderance of evidence that this stuff is not good.
    — Renée Onque, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025
  • The preponderance of days since then have had readings in the 90s.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2020
  • With the preponderance of towers and flags, the structures would have been at home in a medieval faire.
    — Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 5 July 2021
  • Louis, said the preponderance of suspects who were armed is in line with national trends.
    — Cindy Chang, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2021
  • For the founders, the states’ preponderance of power could enfeeble a would-be tyrant.
    — Jenna Bednar, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
  • That is not proof of 'abatement' by a preponderance of the evidence.
    — Wayne Drash, CNN, 7 July 2019
  • But there there’s been a preponderance, a surfeit, of podcasts of late, and God bless all of them.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Mar. 2022
  • In a civil case, the plaintiff must prove the case by a preponderance of evidence.
    — Michael McCann, SI.com, 12 July 2018
  • All the same, timber theft is a crime, and the preponderance of evidence was damning.
    — Lauren Markham, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022
  • More common, though, is the recent preponderance of releases from artists who were cut down in their prime.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 17 Aug. 2021
  • The defense has the burden of proof by a preponderance of the evidence.
    — Brian Witte, Star Tribune, 14 July 2021
  • The preponderance of attacks all over the world has left players rattled and cautious.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 2 Oct. 2017
  • That fits the preponderance of cases that emerged in and around the market, Worobey argues.
    — Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Tech firms chose the Phoenix area because of its preponderance of cookie-cutter homes.
    — Chris Stokel-Walker, Wired, 11 Nov. 2021
  • The preponderance of the population can aspire to high-tier normiedom at best.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Weier's lawyers had the burden to prove that the defense applied to her by a preponderance of the evidence.
    — Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Sep. 2017
  • On one hand, the dearth of true new headlining acts has been masked by the preponderance of music festivals.
    — Dan Deluca, Philly.com, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Many think the preponderance of baseball’s three true outcomes — the home run, the walk and the strikeout — is harming the sport.
    — Mike Digiovanna Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2021
  • The preponderance of buildings are postwar slabs on the avenues with smaller prewar ones on the side streets.
    — Curbed, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Since the preponderance of spiral pasta is sold in 12-ounce packages, that’s what my recipe calls for.
    — Robin Miller, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Since the preponderance of spiral pasta is sold in 12-ounce packages, that’s what my recipe calls for.
    — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 9 Mar. 2022
  • The law firm used the standard of a preponderance of evidence to reach its conclusions.
    — Melody Gutierrez, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2018

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