preeminent
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Claire McNear, America’s preeminent Jeopardy! reporter, did a deep dive into the beloved event—which disappeared after Trebek’s death—and got some news about its future.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
Spain are - even in the hard-to-quantify world of international football - clearly the preeminent side in the world.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
A team of strategists at Deutsche Bank outlined 10 factors that, according to them, helped hasten the U.S.’s rise to a preeminent global power from a small country at the time of its founding.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 28, 2026
That’s because the Office of Legal Counsel is “the Executive Branch’s preeminent legal advisor,” wrote federal judge Florence Pan in 2025.
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2026
Many of them already knew of Carey from his role as field secretary of the nation’s oldest and preeminent direct-action civil rights group: the Congress of Racial Equality, or CORE.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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