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“The Great Ziegfeld” is pre-eminently the story of splendid musical entertainment in America as typified by its title character.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2023

This is territory that has already been staked out by contemporaries of Bridges’s like Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis and, pre-eminently, Liam Neeson.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2022

Or, as Cox summarizes the point, “If the ‘race problem’ in the United States is pre-eminently a moral question, it must naturally be resolved by moral means.”

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2021

They're providing a combination of devices, software and services – pre-eminently iTunes, Amazon and Spotify – that makes buying music "feel like free".

From The Guardian • Jun. 2, 2012

She was pre-eminently the Goddess of the City, the protector of civilized life, of handicrafts and agriculture; the inventor of the bridle, who first tamed horses for men to use.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton