as in to dominate
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The film is set on a remote island along Croatia’s Adriatic coast where 17-year-old Julija spends her days diving for eel, longing to free herself from her domineering father, Ante.
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Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 3 Mar. 2023
The House speakership vote left the Republican leader domineered by a select group of far-right members who secured radical rules changes and key committee spots, even usurping other Republicans who supported McCarthy from the beginning.
—Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 20 Feb. 2023
Government mandates are currently only allowing 1,200 Venezuelans to come back per week, leaving many stranded for unknown periods of time – and with little choice but to embark on an unofficial jaunt home, which entails paying criminal enterprises that domineer the porous crossings.
—Hollie McKay, Fox News, 21 Aug. 2020
There, Ned is raised by his domineering mother, Ellen (The Babadook’s Essie Davis, who’s married to Kurzel in real life), once his Irish-convict father, Red (Ben Corbett), exits the picture.
—Isaac Feldberg, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2020
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Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 3 Mar. 2023
The House speakership vote left the Republican leader domineered by a select group of far-right members who secured radical rules changes and key committee spots, even usurping other Republicans who supported McCarthy from the beginning.
—Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 20 Feb. 2023
Government mandates are currently only allowing 1,200 Venezuelans to come back per week, leaving many stranded for unknown periods of time – and with little choice but to embark on an unofficial jaunt home, which entails paying criminal enterprises that domineer the porous crossings.
—Hollie McKay, Fox News, 21 Aug. 2020
There, Ned is raised by his domineering mother, Ellen (The Babadook’s Essie Davis, who’s married to Kurzel in real life), once his Irish-convict father, Red (Ben Corbett), exits the picture.
—Isaac Feldberg, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for domineer
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This is a game that will be dominating time on rec room TV or backseat car rides for years to come.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
6 June 2025
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Silver did admit, however, that the ratings discussion that often dominates the conversation is an irritant for him.—
Sam Amick,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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But by setting up this contrast, the government has in fact endorsed the false choice Hamas has dictated between the release of the hostages and its own defeat.—
Assaf Orion,
Foreign Affairs,
3 June 2025
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The case concerns an Illinois law that dictates when vote-by-mail ballots have to be postmarked and received in order for them to be counted.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
2 June 2025
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Cell 16 credited the Black Liberation movement as an inspiration for their group while acknowledging that women were oppressed even within that movement.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
11 June 2025
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In today's therapy culture, people are cast as either oppressed or oppressors, as if those are the only options.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 May 2025
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As a simple but stable system of cryptographic property rights, Bitcoin is a digital, modern-day solution to the problems the U.S. Constitution sought to solve: protecting us from humans who seek to tyrannize us.—
Edan Yago,
Forbes,
6 Nov. 2024
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Saddam Hussein tyrannized Iraq for 12 years after his troops were routed in Kuwait in 1991.—
Daniel Treisman,
Foreign Affairs,
2 Nov. 2022
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The tournament is serving as a trial run for FIFA to master the quality of its playing surfaces ahead of the men’s World Cup next year.—
Melanie Anzidei,
New York Times,
14 June 2025
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Master the LinkedIn inbox, master your growth Message your profile viewers first Every day, people check out your profile.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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“Domineer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/domineer. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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