supereminent

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Had the President chosen this supereminent publicist, from whose pursed lips come editorial pearls, to confide an exegesis of the historic "do not choose" statement?

From Time Magazine Archive

Tennessee, unconquered by any regular-season opponent during the past three years, has this year lost 13 lettermen as well as its supereminent coach, Major Bob Neyland, U.S.A.

From Time Magazine Archive

Michelangelo's work shows none of these shortcomings; it is always technically faultness, instinct with passion, supereminent in force.

From The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti by Symonds, John Addington

This is natural, but not altogether reasonable: symmetry cannot be found in the commonest human being on our globe, much less in those who rise supereminent.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan

Napoleon, notwithstanding his supereminent genius, made some extraordinary mistakes about warfare on the sea.

From Sea-Power and Other Studies by Bridge, Cyprian, Admiral Sir