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prevailing

 adjective
     
pre‧vail‧ing [only before noun]
1 existing or accepted in a particular place or at a particular time [= current]:
The prevailing mood of public opinion remained hostile.
the prevailing economic conditions in Northern Ireland
2

prevailing wind

DN a wind that blows over a particular area most of the time
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