In politics, viewed from Scotland, it hovers somewhere between being the dominant issue and an obsession.
In the past, being the world's biggest consumer of fossil fuels went hand in hand with being its dominant economy.
Despite the middle classes being the dominant class in Brazil for two years running, Brazil has over one million people who live in the dark.
The balance came from renewables, with hydropower being a dominant contributor.
Pity for him, but until Federer shows some more consistent signs of not being the dominant player, every time he loses, that will be the story.
We just finished a study in which we asked users to share examples of how social media experiences (with Facebook being the dominant medium) had affected real world relationships.
Aside from being a dominant tech power that is positioned for sustained growth, Oracle also proved that it is a savvy dividend payer by accelerating its next three dividend payments into one check at the height of the fiscal cliff situation.
Tiger Woods raised the profile of golf in America single-handedly because of his supreme greatness coupled with achieving such heights at such a young age and being the first dominant African-American star of his sport.
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The dominant question being pondered by the market ahead of the European Central Bank (ECB) meeting on Thursday is whether the current EUR value is too high.
The iPhone's once dominant position is being challenged by Samsung and other makers of Android-based devices, which now make up a far greater percentage of overall smartphone sales than the iPhone.
Being able to overcome the dominant thinking at headquarters.
Ross, for instance, attributes his right-handed hitting partially to being tested as left-eye dominant.
England, now it has established itself as the rightful and legitimate heirs of the early founders of Rome (Kings Romulus and Remus), generally insists on being the pre-eminant, dominant world monarchy.
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Others, notably the Roman Catholic one, dominant in Hungary, are being wooed before the general election by right and left alike.
That inevitably goes some way to explain how the language is being diluted in areas where Welsh has been dominant for centuries.
To wit: While Ford is eager to put C-Max against Prius v and therefore be counted as worthy of comparison with the magnificent Prius brand, C-Max notably is not being compared with the original and still-dominant Prius hatchback with which most American consumers are familiar.
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He is among a growing group of economists who are dissatisfied with the way that the dominant neoclassical school of economics gauges well-being.
Ms. DICKSON: I hope it adds some texture and richness to the dominant media portrayal of the civil rights movement as being passifist in nature.
Known as being a fast, uber-athletic linebacker, he anchored a dominant Bears defense that reached the Super Bowl in 2007.
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Moreover, earnings growth in Thailand's dominant sectors -- banking, finance, communications -- are being revised upwards.
Far from being the territory of pasty-faced basement dwellers, video games have become the dominant form of American entertainment.
Others could form a government without him, but the once-dominant Flemish Christian Democrats have not dared cut a separate deal for fear of being outflanked.
England and France, the two dominant nation-states for most of the continent's history, came into being in more or less their modern form.
Over the past year Samsung has become a dominant force in smartphones but it looks as though expectations for March 14th are now being downplayed.
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Obeying the EU laws about not even defending a dominant position means leaving room for competitors, in a manner that the US rules about it being OK to defend but not leverage off that position do not.
When a handful of banks in a dominant position show exceptionally high returns on capital year after year, it suggests that potential competitors are being kept out.
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