pre-eminent

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Assessing the validity of the market’s pre-eminent data point — nonfarm payrolls — Savouri comments, ‘You may as well throw darts at a board.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

He is also designated as the pre-eminent authority for the world’s roughly 200 million Shia Muslims.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

So why has Germany, the pre-eminent economic power in Europe, decided it needs to leverage its relatively conservative balance sheet?

From MarketWatch • Feb. 16, 2026

When it comes to unpacking John le Carré’s career as the pre-eminent spy writer of his generation, what better place to start than with a piece of luggage?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

His medical training had been extensive, consisting of five years of apprenticeship with the pre-eminent doctor in the United States, John Redman.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy