Prevailing means Predominant; of greatest force. This page lists 20 example sentences from real texts, plus synonyms like frequent or prevalent.
Prevailing in a sentence
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Prevailing meaning
- Predominant; of greatest force.
- Prevalent, common, widespread.
Example sentences (20)
The prevailing insecurity is preventing safe access to people in need and essential facilities, such as warehouses.
The reports include confirmation of intent to pay prevailing wage, affidavits of wages paid and certified payrolls.
Those are scourges we’ve always battled with, only now there is a prevailing sense that they have become untenable.
Unlike many Chinese stocks listed on U.S. exchanges, Li has defied the prevailing trend of negative returns this year.
It wouldn’t be wrong to say that its impact can be seen even today in the prevailing bearish market conditions.
The government called you Lucifer for saying that the graphs and what is prevailing in people’s homes are not the same.
The prevailing wellness and aromatherapy trends in the United States are pivotal factors propelling lavender oil sales.
On the need for an increase of the allowance, Uba said it was in view of “the prevailing economic realities”.
The conversion process uses the official prevailing exchange rate provided by the country’s financial system.
For what it's worth, the prevailing fears about programmer obsolescence strike me as alarmist and premature.
Anger—the prevailing emotion of our time—takes center stage in this stylish dark comedy from first-time creator Lee Sung Jin.
According to reports, its characteristic resplendence was somewhat dimmed by the prevailing bad weather.
The prevailing theory is a killer whale that’s been named ‘White Gladis’ endured a ‘critical moment of agony’ caused by humans.
Yakubu also expressed the commission’s concern over the prevailing insecurity and election-related violence in the three states.
This modest decline could be attributed to various factors, including the prevailing pandemic situation, as well as voter fatigue.
Strict action will be taken against violators as per prevailing sections of law, the orders said.
In April this year, the formula governing legacy fields was changed and indexed to 10 per cent of the prevailing Brent crude oil price.
The prevailing price action hints that silver futures could stay sideways for some more time.
We were destined for the tough and rough patch where we are today because of the prevailing conditions before Tinubu took over on May 29.
Simply put, the prevailing opinion among the analysts has been consistently too favorable.
Common combinations with prevailing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the prevailing 115×
- prevailing in 15×
- prevailing market 12×
- and prevailing 6×
- prevailing view 5×
- prevailing theory 5×
- prevailing narrative 5×
- prevailing economic 4×
- prevailing wage 4×
- before prevailing 4×
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