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Discover LudwigThe phrase "was prevailing" is correct and usable in written English.
This phrase can be used to describe a situation that was existing or dominating at an earlier point in time. For example: "Before the pandemic, a sense of optimism was prevailing in the global economy."
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was prevailing
adjective
Predominant; of greatest force.
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Slowly but surely, the rapid intervention force was prevailing.
A sense of disappointment in America was prevailing.
Although the Y.P.G. was prevailing militarily, the Obama Administration remained leery of it.
It was a combination of hope and fear and to some extent confusion, but hope was prevailing.
In a brief meeting with reporters outside his parliamentary office, Rehman Malik, the interior minister, said the government was prevailing against the militants.
General Alkhanov promptly issued optimistic statements to the effect that Russia's Chechnya policy was prevailing, and that only 500 rebels remained -- against a Russian force estimated to exceed 70,000.
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The voters are prevailing.
And, at present, quantity is prevailing.
So far, the older generation is prevailing.
At last common sense is prevailing.
"Now Android is prevailing," he said.
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