dominance

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It argues that the fall of the Soviet Union and the entire Eastern bloc affords the US the opportunity to gain total dominance on land, sea, air and space, and that a major condition for this dominance is the projection of its power in the most volatile regions of the world, among them Central Asia and the Middle East, where vast energy resources are also located.

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  1. noun The condition or fact of being dominant.

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  • Officials in both Russia and China have called for a new global currency to end the dollar's dominance, although it's unlikely that the idea will gain immediate traction. —  Salon
  • It will be great with our media having less of that dominance, as more sources are available online. —  WBUR and NPR - On Point with Tom Ashbrook
  • With so much of the rancor linked to a Bush-era reach for U.S. global dominance, a new American administration might seek to recalibrate U.S. policy and approaches.
  • By the end of their dominance, the Dikus were beginning to rival other codebases such as MOOs and LPMuds in flexibility, whilst still retaining a simpler core architecture than either. —  Raph's Website
  • While 9 / 11 and a gung-ho president presented a convenient opportunity to reassert US global dominance, action was taken the moment the Soviet Union collapsed. —  Political Affairs Magazine
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/ˈdɑmɪnəns, nənsi/
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