preeminence
or pre-em·i·nence
the state or character of being preeminent.
Origin of preeminence
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How to use preeminence in a sentence
Between 1900 and 1950, the United States rose to global pre-eminence.
Here's the point: All this clean-tech talk is just another example of China's pre-eminence as the world's superpower.
China's Economic Takeover: The World's Next Superpower by 2016 | Paul Kix | April 30, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd this attack only underscored the company's pre-eminence.
He sees nothing in any one of these religions to justify its claim to infallibility or pre-eminence.
God and my Neighbour | Robert BlatchfordRemoved unnecessary closing quotation mark after: he might have the pre-eminence.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John Cunningham
The whole world has placed “Ben Hur” on a height of pre-eminence which no other novel of its time has reached.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonShall there not at length come a time when the Chief of the Archangels shall be restored to his first pre-eminence?
The Cradle of Mankind | W.A. WigramI admire the loyalty of John Murray to a servant whose work has attained an evil pre-eminence.
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