eminence

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Despite their strange yet understandable YouTube eminence, cats are not for everyone, regrettably, and probably neither is “The Electrical Life.”

From New York Times

Otto Kahn, an influential Met board chairman, wrote in 1925 that he had tried to interest popular jazz eminences like Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin and George Gershwin in writing operas for the company.

From New York Times

He’s also retained the same agent throughout his career: Georges Borchardt, a nonagenarian eminence who’s represented Elie Wiesel and Samuel Beckett.

From Los Angeles Times

By the end of his life, Mr. Belmondo was celebrated as an eminence in French cinema.

From Washington Post

Long celebrated as an eminence of improvisational music, he plays his soprano saxophone using circular breathing techniques, inhaling and exhaling simultaneously, making the notes go nonstop for minutes on end.

From Washington Post