Hence the "dominant money classes" exercise a preponderant influence over workforces, markets, major investments, consumption patterns, media, and public policies.

The Cold War, as it is known, became the preponderant influence on Australian foreign policy.

Under the system of weighted voting, the United States exerted a preponderant influence on the IMF.

He remained as neutral as possible towards the pope, though he exercised a preponderant influence in the affairs of the papacy.

Political influence : that is, the ability of one group to dominate others, or to have preponderant influence over decision-making, or to benefit advantageously from decisions.

These people gained a preponderant influence in the Council, much to the chagrin of the Netherlandish old guard.

Given the preponderant influence of the US within the anti-Axis alliance, this hostility posed a very serious threat to de Gaulle.

He became Marshal of the Realm, and especially from 1828 onwards, exercised a preponderant influence in public affairs.

Poland experienced the third (and strongest) wave after 1870, under preponderant Western influence.

Hegemony usually refers to the "preponderant influence or domination of one nation over another."