preeminent

1400–50; late Middle English <Latin praeēminent- (stem of praeēminēns), present participle of praeēminēre to project forward, be prominent. See pre-, eminent

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See dominant.

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pre·em·i·nent·ly, adverb

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Later in his life he became the preeminent mathematician in England, a pioneer in the establishment of algebra for both pure and applied math.
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Finally, in the Rabbit Hole, Neil takes a look at Theo Epstein’s legacy as professional baseball’s preeminent curse-breaker.
College Basketball Muddles Through The Pandemic Like Everyone Else|Sarah Shachat|November 24, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
Gates, whose charitable foundation is one of the preeminent bodies backing vaccine research, has expressed concern over Musk’s stated suspicion of pandemic data and embrace of certain conspiracy theories.
Elon Musk is now the world’s second-richest person, passing Bill Gates|Verne Kopytoff|November 23, 2020|Fortune
The coronavirus pandemic has caused such upheaval in the region’s hospital network that 30-year-olds are being admitted to the region’s preeminent children’s hospital to help lighten the load.
Coronavirus cases are soaring in the D.C. region. Experts say the worst is yet to come.|Erin Cox, Julie Zauzmer|November 22, 2020|Washington Post

The FAA, seen before the crashes as the preeminent aviation regulator, came under heavy criticism by other nations and Congress for its approval of the Max design.
FAA gives Boeing 737 Max the green light to fly again, shares soar|kdunn6|November 18, 2020|Fortune
Of this preeminently distinguished man in the nineteenth century there are many biographies and lasting monuments.
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All that had proved preeminently unsuccessful, a most poisonous harvest of Dead Sea fruit.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady|Lucas Malet
The Americans are preeminently practical jokers, and the ends to which they go is beyond belief.
As A Chinaman Saw Us|Anonymous
The people are preeminently religious, and prize-fighting and football are the sports of brutes; yet the two are most popular.
As A Chinaman Saw Us|Anonymous
With all its defects the age of Edward is preeminently a strong age.
The History of England|T.F. Tout

British Dictionary definitions for preeminent

pre-eminent

/ (prɪˈɛmɪnənt) /

adjective

extremely eminent or distinguished; outstanding

Derived forms of pre-eminent

pre-eminence, nounpre-eminently, adverb

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