eminence
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They included novelist King, astrophysicist Tyson and numerous book and magazine writers of varied eminence.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
By 1955, Ms. Newman marvels, “Barney had become an unavoidable eminence after barely having had a career.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
But when Uncle Murray refuses to pay up, and Marty has to pilfer the money for his trip, the road to global eminence takes some sharp turns.
From Salon • Dec. 25, 2025
"We unanimously agreed that Maurice and Maralyn is a non-fiction work that reaches the highest literary eminence," Bryson added.
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2025
And it was in Eton’s ancient boathouse, just across the river from the looming eminence of Windsor Castle, that George had grown up.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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