preeminence
IPA: priˈɛmʌnʌns
noun
- The status of being preeminent, dominant or ascendant.
- High importance; superiority.
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Examples of "preeminence" in Sentences
- (Note that the adjective in Emma that vies with "every" for preeminence is "interesting.")
- The competition between these two nations for low-carbon preeminence is critical for the climate.
- Boulez' own music, for what it's worth, didn't even win the battle for preeminence, which is to say the token programming spot.
- Organizations that sustain preeminence do so because they understand that being entrenched in their past successes is the surest path to future failure.
- Constantine, the eldest of the Caesars, obtained, with a certain preeminence of rank, the possession of the new capital, which bore his own name and that of his father.
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