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in reply to a message by Retrospectre
Yes, I would describe a group of 6 men and 4 women as being predominantly male. A 60%-40% election result in the USA would generally be called a "landslide," and to me "predominantly" is a lot less strong a word than that.
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The strength of a word like landslide matters in context, where most elections are almost 50-50 and a 60-40 result is a notable change. In a world where at least 90% of Americans are given a name that's 99% single gender (based on 1960s data), a 60-40 result is notable. Names are predominantly given to a single gender. Chelsea was a unisex landslide.
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