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
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
Responding to the observation that many eminent Supreme Court justices have believed that Congress can limit the president’s firing authority, Kavanaugh pointed out that many eminent of the court’s justices have believed the opposite.
From Slate • Dec. 11, 2025
They were not eminent people, and there are few records concerning them except for the usual papers on birth, marriage, land ownership, and death.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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