preferment
Example Sentences
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Canadian by birth, a successful business career behind him, he moves to Britain to advance quickly in interwar high society and achieve political preferment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
When whips or cabinet ministers warn colleagues that they may be killing off hope of a ministerial career if they rebel, the calculation may be that they are unlikely to receive preferment in any case.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2025
A biga is an Italian-style preferment typically left for around 12 hours to ripen, bringing additional flavor and textural benefits to the final dough.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2021
A faction from one section of a colony struggled with enemies from another over place and preferment, and so on.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
Letting Algernon out of his cage would throw the meeting into chaos, and after all this was Burt’s debut into the rat-race of academic preferment.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
