The fold in the ears was caused by a heritable, dominant, mutated gene.

Jessi went to the porch and automatically reached over him with her dominant hand.

SAHEL (Arabic for "shore"); a common place-name in countries where Arabic is the dominant language.

Though Angiosperms become dominant in all known plant-bearing Upper Cretaceous deposits, their origin dates even earlier.

It is commonly supposed that, because nearly the whole country is ruled by Rajputs, therefore the population consists mainly of Rajput tribes; but these are merely the dominant race, and the territory is called Rajputana because it is politically possessed by Rajputs.