predominant factor

collocation in English

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predominant
adjective
uk
/prɪˈdɒm.ɪ.nənt/us
/prɪˈdɑː.mə.nənt/
more noticeable or important, or larger in number, ...
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factor
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfæk.tər/us
/ˈfæk.tɚ/
a fact or situation that influences the result ...
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(Definition ofpredominantandfactorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thepredominantfactorof the formation of contact boundaries is the inhomogeneity of laser irradiation.
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Additionally, the observers veered in opposite directions, suggesting that the noisiness of the data was thepredominantfactor.
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Individualized selection of a reconstructive technique for each patient is apredominantfactorin achieving a reconstructive success.
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The cognizable expressive harms of racial districting come into play only when race is thepredominantfactorin drawing district boundaries.
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But it is doubtful if withdrawal bleeding resulting from pill use is thepredominantfactor.
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As suggested above, when considering the interacting effects of psychiatric condition and therapeutic approach on brain activity, perhaps underlying pathophysiology is thepredominantfactor.
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Thepredominantfactorin the decision made was fear of or the discomfort with the idea of surgery.
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Ultimately, the individualized selection of a reconstructive technique for each patient is apredominantfactorin achieving a reconstructive success.
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Thus, simple articulation deficits do not seem to be apredominantfactorin the confrontation naming performance of less skilled readers, as all were able to imitate the phonemic sequences.
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Such a model predicts that the empirical link between knowledge and productivty would be weak even if the generation of knowledge is thepredominantfactorof economic growth.
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Despite these precedents, thepredominantfactorin the emergence of microsound was the development of digital technology, particularly 'software synthesis', or the direct synthesis of sound from individual digital samples.
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The use of race as such would not count as demeaning, but its use as apredominantfactorwould be constitutionally stigmatized as a form of racially demeaning conduct.
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Thepredominantfactoris of a spiritual nature.
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In all the plans the welfare and security of our fishing fleet must be thepredominantfactor.
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That is true; it is undoubtedly thepredominantfactor.
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The feeding of the people must always be apredominantfactorin war.
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At any rate, he said that it was not apredominantfactor.
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That is not to say that where people work should not be taken account of, but it should not be thepredominantfactor.
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He indicated that it was only one factor, and said that it was not apredominantfactor.
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Alcohol is apredominantfactorin many incidents of domestic violence.
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