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eminent

[em-uh-nuhnt] / ˈɛm ə nənt /


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Eminent domain laws vary state by state, said Jorde, who represents hundreds of people Summit has sued in South Dakota to take their land for its pipeline.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 20, 2023

Eminent business leaders taking part in the sixth such pow-wow ranged from The Walt Disney Company’s Robert Iger to Lakshmi Mittal of Arcelor Mittal.

From Washington Times • May 15, 2023

The best-known account is provided by Diogenes Laërtius, whose text Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers is a canonical resource on early Greek philosophy.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

Eminent anthropologist Dan Hicks, curator of the Pitt Rivers Museum at the University of Oxford, demolished Britain’s long-standing claim for the legitimacy of its retention of Benin art.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2021

In May, the Eminent Persons Group was scheduled to see me one last time.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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