Like and Prevailing

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Like adjective - Having qualities in common.

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Prevailing and like are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prevailing" instead an adjective "Like".

Nearby Words: likely, likeness, liking, liked, likeable

Prevailing adjective - Accepted, used, or practiced by most people.

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Like and prevailing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Like" instead an adjective "Prevailing".

Nearby Words: prevail, prevailed, prevailingly

Irishman and a Jew: Detective Martin and his partner Detective Goldberg; like most of the homicide bureau, Goldberg has assimilated to the prevailing Irish-American cultural ethos.

Source: Literature / The Bonfire of the Vanities
Like most of the homicide bureau, Goldberg has assimilated to the prevailing Irish-American cultural ethos (as has Jewish assistant DA Kramer).

Source: Irishman and a Jew
In WarCraft, the prevailing opinion among humans is that orcs are nothing more than beast-like savages.

Source: Fantastic Racism / Film

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