eminent
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The board ended up directing the mayor to try to negotiate for the fuel facility, but didn’t immediately allow her to use eminent domain.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
Landowners in communities adjacent to the park are still gearing up to face eminent domain challenges from the federal government.
From Salon • May 25, 2026
While it’s usually applied when the federal government exercises eminent domain and takes title to land, the takings clause also covers the government’s outright destruction of personal property.
From Slate • Feb. 4, 2026
During research for a book on my own PTSD, I remember a conversation with one of Britain's most eminent experts in the field, Prof Simon Wessely, former president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025
Two prominent biologists—Walter Weldon and Arthur Darbishire—and the eminent mathematician Karl Pearson joined the effort to defend the “ancestral law,” and the debate soured quickly into an all-out war.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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