Dominant
Upper
Upper adjective - Higher in place or position.
Mutual synonyms
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- It had been the dominant accent of the Northeastern upper class in the first half of the 20th century, but faded after World War II.
Source: Useful Notes / American Accents - Immediately after they make their decision, the personality who got the upper hand in the decision suffers a brief bout of dizziness and from then on becomes the semi-dominant personality.
Source: Split-Personality Takeover -
In Codex Alera, pretty much everyone in the dominant human society has Elemental Powers, and they also have a formalized duel for settling disputes called the juris macto, so among the upper ranks magical duels are fairly common (magically-assisted sword duels are also popular).
Source: Wizard Duel
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