eminent

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The Santa Monica City Council agreed earlier this week to pay a settlement to the family of a Black entrepreneur whose land the city acknowledged was unfairly taken through eminent domain during the 1950s.

From Los Angeles Times

Nancy Shear wasn’t yet out of her teens when she was hired as musical assistant to the eminent and enigmatic symphony conductor Leopold Stokowski, who became her mentor and a father figure of sorts.

From The Wall Street Journal

The best play category, more robust than usual, is loaded with eminent names and accolades.

From Los Angeles Times

The eminent lawyer, whose grandfather created the UK's first Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh, persuaded the teenager to go to night school, join a church and renounce alcohol.

From BBC

The highway authority, Caltrans, purchased them in the 1950s and 1960s using the threat of eminent domain at a time when freeway construction was rampant nationally.

From Washington Post