DOMINATED Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

dominated

verb

past tense of dominate

as in conquered

to bring under one's control by force of arms by 1941 Hitler had dominated much of Europe

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as in overlooked

to look down on the ruined fortress dominates the town

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Recent Examples of dominated Van Cleef & Arpels dominated the bracelet category, with its Vintage Alhambra taking first place followed by the Hermès Clic Clac and the Cartier Love. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026 But the council member nevertheless made it into the general election against Bass, and dominated their second debate, hosted in August by the Sherman Oaks Homeowners Assn. — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026 In the United States, growth has been fueled primarily by the hundreds of billions of dollars of Big Tech investment in AI projects and by consumer spending energized by gains in a stock market dominated by AI. — Ruchir Sharma, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026 There, Prada dominated the conversation, with #PradaSS27 generating over 147 million views from just 1,900 posts. — Amy Francombe, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2026 There’s been an appetite for 2016 nostalgia — a modern-age golden year in the zeitgeist — from hip-hop fans, as artists who dominated the era like Fetty Wap have seen a viral resurgence. — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026 Grayson and Archer didn’t shake hands after the Rams dominated the Tigers 28-3 Friday night. — Jack Leo, AJC.com, 13 Oct. 2026 The quarter was dominated by headlines around artificial intelligence, IPO uncertainty, high fuel prices and rising borrowing costs. — Hugh Son,laya Neelakandan,leslie Picker,ritika Shah, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026 Founded by Anwar Sadat in 1978 and led by Hosni Mubarak from 1981 until 2011, the party had long dominated Egypt’s political system as its de facto ruling party. — Abdelrahman Elgendy, Time, 6 Oct. 2026

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The announcement comes after a summer in which AI models have repeatedly conquered many of math’s longstanding open challenges, including one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems.

— Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, 12 Oct. 2026
Having conquered the world’s top stages as Wagner’s warrior goddess, the American soprano returns to New World Symphony with selections from Götterdämmerung.

— Mike Hamersly, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026

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Locker room celebrations in the NFL tend to be subdued until the Super Bowl, and since hockey players are famously superstitious, popping bottles early is practically verboten in the NHL; the Stanley Cup is all that really matters.

— Don Riddell, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
The interplay between the vocal harmonies phasing from side to side is clear, though the upper melody sounds subdued during the track's busier sections.

— Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026

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According to prosecutors, intelligence officers attacked him from behind, causing a serious back injury, and subsequently subjected him to electric shocks.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
We are subjected daily to the caprices of a mind both unregulated and amoral.

— David Remnick, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2026

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French defeated Republican incumbent Jim Wright in a May Republican primary runoff.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 2026
That’ll be particularly important after Paxton defeated Cornyn in a brutal primary where Senate Republicans and other Cornyn allies spent more than $90 million in his defense and attacked Paxton as unfit for office.

— Matthew Choi, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2026

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