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The ouster of China’s top general deals a fresh blow to leader Xi Jinping’s quest to forge a more modern fighting force capable of challenging American pre-eminence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

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

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

If it's pre-eminence as a club competition started to be undermined by an absence of world football's biggest names, could clubs from outside Europe be offered entries?

From BBC • Jun. 21, 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