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President Lyndon Johnson weighed in; national symposia of eminent men were held to discuss the issue.

The Obama administration should have been raising holy hell, demanding that a pre-eminent doctor get his vote on the Senate floor.

Some of the pre-eminent innovators at the intersection of art and coding are based at the Aesthetics and Computation Group at MIT.

Pre-eminent naval historian Craig L. Symonds talks about how the Allies devised, executed, and then survived the D-Day invasion.

It is today regarded as a pre-eminent artistic commentary on apartheid.

William Hewson died; an eminent English anatomist, and medical author.

Gottfried Achenwall, an eminent German lecturer on statistics, history and the laws of nature, died at Gttingen.

John Pickering, an eminent American philologist, died at Boston, aged 60.

Nicholas Piccini, an eminent musical composer, died at Naples.

Richard Cumberland died; eminent as a British poet, essayist, novelist and dramatic writer.

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On this page you'll find 115 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to eminent, such as: big name, distinguished, esteemed, famed, high-ranking, and illustrious.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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