dominant position

collocation in English

meaningsofdominantandposition

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dominant
adjective
uk
/ˈdɒm.ɪ.nənt/us
/ˈdɑː.mə.nənt/
more important, strong, or noticeable than anything else of the ...
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position
noun
uk
/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/us
/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
the place where something or someone is, often in relation to ...
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(Definition ofdominantandpositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdominant position

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And how can all the men in such groups maintain adominantposition?
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However, even this lack of accord could not hinder national elites from takingdominantposition.
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The gender of the spouse with thedominantpositionwas not thought to be of significance.
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In this group or category men held a formal,dominantposition.
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This exclusion would clearly enhance thedominantpositionof the treatment after implementing the guidelines.
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The results showed thedominantpositionof cereals in household cropping choices.
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To use its own economic terminology, they have not acquired adominantpositionlet alone a monopoly.
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Unauthorised recordings reinforce the ideology that creates the value of the music industry's commodities, thus maintaining the industry'sdominantposition.
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These demands posed a challenge to both the legitimacy of the regime and the state'sdominantpositionover the society.
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First, they are trying to gain adominantpositionin the countryside as the primary representative of rural interests.
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He identifies partially with the deviant position but does so ambiguously so as to maintain hisdominantposition.
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However, it likewise betrays thedominantpositionhe reserves for the mathematical sciences within the overriding system.
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Clause 19(3) defines "dominantposition"only as a company that holds adominantposition"in the national newspaper market".
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We would have adominantposition.
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I believe that that provision deals withdominantposition.
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Those are two firms in adominantposition.
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Adominantposition, however, has implications under competition law.
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Are there players with a simple or collectivedominantposition?
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The only question arises in respect ofdominantposition.
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There is nothing wrong in companies holding adominantposition.
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There is no question that they functioned as financial clearing houses, but these were indirect functions of theirdominantpositionin the international monetary system.
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In the political sphere, members and supporters of this group managed to gain adominantpositionin all the municipal elections after the late 1920s.
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The ministerial bureaucracy therefore assumed the role not only of moderator, but also of referee, and thus maintained itsdominantposition(p. 70).
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One has to consider whether the company has adominantpositionin the relevant market.
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It will be in adominantposition, but it will not be in a monopoly position.
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