preferment

Example Sentences

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Canadian by birth, a successful business career behind him, he moves to Britain to advance quickly in interwar high society and achieve political preferment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

When whips or cabinet ministers warn colleagues that they may be killing off hope of a ministerial career if they rebel, the calculation may be that they are unlikely to receive preferment in any case.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2025

A biga is an Italian-style preferment typically left for around 12 hours to ripen, bringing additional flavor and textural benefits to the final dough.

From Salon • Jul. 7, 2021

A faction from one section of a colony struggled with enemies from another over place and preferment, and so on.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

Letting Algernon out of his cage would throw the meeting into chaos, and after all this was Burt’s debut into the rat-race of academic preferment.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes