pre-eminent

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“Palantir is quickly becoming the pre-eminent AI application deployment platform among both government and commercial customers,” wrote analyst Param Singh.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

Assessing the validity of the market’s pre-eminent data point — nonfarm payrolls — Savouri comments, ‘You may as well throw darts at a board.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

And even though his home country doesn’t have a long history of producing the world’s pre-eminent chess minds, there has never been a better time to be a competitive chess player from Uzbekistan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Khamenei isn’t regarded as a pre-eminent religious authority, despite his new position as spiritual guide for the world’s Shias.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

Lowe— arguably the world’s pre-eminent all-around climber—was hired to be Sandy’s personal guide, a job for which he was paid a substantial sum.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer