- a variation of preeminent.
pre-eminent
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He was, as Bruce Nichols convincingly argues in “The Emerson Circle: The Concord Radicals Who Reinvented the World,” the pre-eminent public intellectual of his time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Here’s what it can be: the world’s pre-eminent women’s basketball league, filled with players performing at the highest level.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The battle between them, and Dodds, to be part of GB's pre-eminent pairing as we move towards the next Winter Olympics will be fascinating.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
“Palantir is quickly becoming the pre-eminent AI application deployment platform among both government and commercial customers,” wrote analyst Param Singh.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
Lowe— arguably the world’s pre-eminent all-around climber—was hired to be Sandy’s personal guide, a job for which he was paid a substantial sum.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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