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Technology moves on, but the message still holds: the endless re-examination of futility leads only to more futility, not meaning or effectiveness.Kirk Templeton San FranciscoSay it as simply as possibleSIR – Congratulations on managing to use the phrase "preponderant criterion" in a chart ("On your marks", November 9th).
But in few Arab countries is an extreme version of Islam either preponderant or popular.
Aaron Friedberg, an American scholar, argues in a new book ("A Contest for Supremacy: China, America and the Struggle for Mastery in Asia") that China's rulers want to constrict America's military and diplomatic clout in the Western Pacific, "pushing it back and ultimately displacing it as the preponderant power in East Asia".
"We're going to be in a holding pattern until it's decided whether América Móvil continues to be preponderant or not, and that could take up to two years," says the boss of a competitor.América Móvil's shares surged on the announcement, after a long period in the doldrums.
Even if information is correct and was published legally, the court said, Google (or indeed any search engine) must grant requests not to show links to it if it is "inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant"—unless there is a "preponderant " public interest, perhaps because it is about a public figure.
Although the human voice is the preponderant instrument in Islamic religious music, the frame drum plays an important role as vocal accompaniment.
In these countries also, although the role of the state remained preponderant , market forces were increasingly relied upon to improve economic performance.
That constituted a formidable challenge to the orthodox view that nuclear weapons exercised a stabilizing deterrence on international misbehaviour and were a reassurance to allies of the United States, who faced preponderant Soviet conventional forces.
A second reason for the character of Muscovite cultural development in the 17th century was the preponderant role of the church and, later, of the state, which took over at last the assets, liabilities, and responsibilities of the ecclesiastical establishment.
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The eurozone's biggest player and payer wants a deal that does not involve increasing its €211bn (£185bn) contribution to the European Financial Stability Facility's €780bn guarantees, does impose writedowns of at least 50% on private creditors to Greece and does not give an over-preponderant role to the ECB's limitless funds for fear of stoking up inflation and reducing politicians' primacy.
Statues of gods and warriors are preponderant as are animals, which compose a marvellous bestiary that ranges from hieratic snakes and jaguars to an enormous stone flea.
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The adjective "preponderant" functions to qualify a noun by indicating that it has greater weight, influence, or significance compared to something else. Ludwig shows many examples in encyclopedic contexts, where it emphasizes the dominant role or characteristic of a subject.
Expression frequency: Very common
