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as in excellence
exceptionally high quality
the restaurant is known for the preeminence of its seafood dishes
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as in dominance
controlling power or influence over others
some historians contended that no nation had attained such undisputed preeminence since the glory days of the Roman Empire
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as in superiority
the fact or state of being above others in rank or importance
his preeminence in the field of obstetrics
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Recent Examples of preeminence
Johnson communicated urgency about the changes that need to happen for the U.S. to maintain its preeminence.
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The Editors, National Review, 10 July 2024
The first priority was to make sure diplomats understood what was at stake as the US and its rivals compete for global preeminence on tech issues.
—Eric Geller, WIRED, 2 July 2024
The Board of Governors and the state legislature approved a law in 2013 that launched its preeminence program for universities.
—Jimena Tavel, Miami Herald, 28 June 2024
Hamas’s relations with Tehran were repaired only a few years before the October 7 attacks, after Hamas’s military leaders in Gaza gained preeminence within the group.
—Joost Hiltermann, Foreign Affairs, 28 Mar. 2024
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The Editors, National Review, 10 July 2024
The first priority was to make sure diplomats understood what was at stake as the US and its rivals compete for global preeminence on tech issues.
—Eric Geller, WIRED, 2 July 2024
The Board of Governors and the state legislature approved a law in 2013 that launched its preeminence program for universities.
—Jimena Tavel, Miami Herald, 28 June 2024
Hamas’s relations with Tehran were repaired only a few years before the October 7 attacks, after Hamas’s military leaders in Gaza gained preeminence within the group.
—Joost Hiltermann, Foreign Affairs, 28 Mar. 2024
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The nation also won both U17 and U20 world titles in 2016 demonstrating a concerted excellence in women's soccer at youth level.Asif Burhan, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The celebrity and business leader list reads like a who’s who of Black excellence in the U.S.: Tyler Perry, Brian Tyree Henry, Don Cheadle, Spike Lee, John Legend, Jermaine Dupri, Bakari Sellers and so on (and on…).Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Nov. 2024
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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
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According to both Ives and Musk, that’s likely positive for Tesla, given its dominance in the market.William Gavin, Quartz, 13 Nov. 2024
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The wholesale engulfing of the myth of white superiority is what makes that kind of violence.Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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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
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Education was considered an individual pursuit marked by moral excellency and only the students who did the best in school would have proceeded to higher education.Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
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Zurich said the Game Changer Award pays tribute to excellency in the film business with a focus on leaders that not only cherish change and forward-thinking approaches in the business, but also stand for the DNA of what cinema has represented since its invention.Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2024
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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
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Related Chip race: Microsoft, Meta, Google, and Nvidia battle it out for AI chip supremacy Apple’s ‘Project ACDC’ is creating AI chips for data centers.Umar Shakir, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2024
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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
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Nearly 200 Michigan employers have earned the distinction of being named Michigan Top Workplaces for 2024.Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 17 Nov. 2024
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Glimpses of past traumas and ongoing tribulations are thrown into balance the full breadth of a character striving to solidify her dominion.Holly Jones, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024
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Spain’s colonial tenure ended in the twilight years of the nineteenth century with the emergence of the United States as a world power, hungry for its own offshore dominions.Jon Lee Anderson, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
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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
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Such tactics can also erode user trust and harm your brand’s reputation.Ian Cohen, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Preeminence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preeminence. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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