- a variation of preeminence.
pre-eminence
Example Sentences
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These high-profile guests are aimed at maintaining public interest in the flights at a time when private space companies are vying for pre-eminence.
From Barron's • Dec. 20, 2025
If you throw in the rhetorical brilliance, the heart and the boundless wit that coursed through his greatest works, his pre-eminence is hard to challenge.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025
But does City’s pre-eminence mean England’s top division is in danger of becoming a turn-off for billions of fans around the world?
From Seattle Times • May 20, 2024
A cricket nation steeped in the pre-eminence of spin bowling, is finally changing tack.
From BBC • Oct. 9, 2023
The three people who between them established both the scientific method itself and the pre-eminence of British science at the end of the seventeenth century were Robert Hooke, Edmond Halley and Isaac Newton.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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