preponderating

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of preponderate

   “At the January 16 meeting of the Railway Club, Mr. Charles E. Lee, Vice-President, read a paper entitled "Class Distinction," in which he traced the very gradual development (at any rate, with main-line railways) of provision for lower-class passengers; the reduction in discrimination; and the preponderating position of the third class today.”