paramountcy

noun

Definition of paramountcynext
as in dominance
the fact or state of being above others in rank or importance a nation that has long enjoyed economic paramountcy in the region

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  1. dominance
  2. superiority
  3. supremacy
  4. distinction
  5. primacy
  6. reputation
Noun
  • The dominance of automobiles and the infrastructure that supports them over many decades only seems inevitable in hindsight.
    Nir Eisikovits, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
  • According to both Ives and Musk, that’s likely positive for Tesla, given its dominance in the market.
    William Gavin, Quartz, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of dominance
Noun
  • The wholesale engulfing of the myth of white superiority is what makes that kind of violence.
    Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The film explores how the extremists combine violence, threatened or actual, with sophisticated social media campaigns to bring their pseudoscientific claims of racial superiority to the mainstream.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of superiority
Noun
  • Meta’s Llama was touted as the top open model, where OpenAI’s closed models are obviously close to the curve of model supremacy.
    John Werner, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
  • In the fight for smartphone supremacy, AI is becoming the new battleground.
    Paul Monckton, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of supremacy
Noun
  • But soon, the Paul brothers came to represent a new paradigm, in which distinctions between the online world and the offline world became more blurred.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Nearly 200 Michigan employers have earned the distinction of being named Michigan Top Workplaces for 2024.
    Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 17 Nov. 2024
Definition of distinction
Noun
  • The primacy that Netanyahu accords self-preservation over national security and even social cohesion is increasingly demoralizing the broad swath of the population that make up the backbone of Israel’s citizen army and modern economy.
    Shalom Lipner, Foreign Affairs, 25 Nov. 2024
  • While pulling Japanese companies more toward the West’s primacy on investor value, directionally right for building the resolute model, the performance consequences for investors have been more equivocal.
    Michael Useem, Fortune Asia, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of primacy
Noun
  • An actor’s reputation can sometimes feel like a heavy yoke; in Gladiator II, Denzel tosses it off and has a blast, taking the audience with him.
    Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024
  • All that and a hometown hero whose reputation in the world of DJ culture rests primarily on his role in defining the art of the mashup mashing things up between while opening the show and serving as de facto MC?
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of reputation
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