eminent
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Eminent and timeless singer devoted to the American songbook, including his signature “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.”
From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 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 domain is the government’s power to take private property from unwilling owners in exchange for “just compensation.”
From Washington Times • Jun. 22, 2021
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
After responding in much the same way as I did to the Eminent Persons Group, I sensed that Coetsee wanted some resolution.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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