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preeminence

[pree-em-uh-nuhns] / priˈɛm ə nəns /




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Not content with mere parliamentary preeminence, de Gaulle quickly fashioned a Fifth Republic with a semimonarchical presidency to which he was elected the following year, an office he would hold for a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Sopranos Michelle Allie Drever and Alaysha Fox give us a sample of Mozart’s operatic preeminence.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

Admittedly, with that preeminence has come changes that even an obdurate critic like me must hail.

From Salon • Dec. 9, 2023

Its presence constituted a strong argument against the supposed preeminence of Columbus.

From Slate • Nov. 11, 2023

Instead, it was an archipelago of cities that acknowledged Tiwanaku’s religious preeminence.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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