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eminence

[em-uh-nuhns] / ˈɛm ə nəns /




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When it is tied to "an unparalleled moral eminence", he wrote, a fast unto death "amounts to blackmail".

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

They included novelist King, astrophysicist Tyson and numerous book and magazine writers of varied eminence.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 17, 2026

“Nobody plans to run deficits forever,” Baicker said, adding that the investments were aimed at increasing the university’s academic eminence.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 31, 2025

We now live in an era that can be safely summarized as the end of science's peacetime, and perhaps the end of the general eminence of once mighty institutions of higher learning.

From Salon Apr. 9, 2025

He was the ruler of the sea, Zeus’s brother and second only to him in eminence.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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