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Definition of "pre-eminence" [pre-eminence]

  • Alternative spelling of preeminence. (noun)

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Use "pre-eminence" in a sentence
  • "Thus does the world really cast off men's souls, and recognizing only their bodies, it makes it appear as if “that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts, even one things have all one breath, so that a man hath no pre-eminence over a beast, for all is vanity.” ..."
  • "Call it mercantilism, call it the betrayal of the market, but the historical reality is this: Start-up incentives including the Interstate highway system, to mention just one trillion-dollar gift to oil are what brought on petroleum's pre-eminence."
  • "Like a losing coach on "Friday Night Lights," he sets out to create a playbook for restoring the U.S. to economic pre-eminence, so that he might return to China a decade hence, find his Chinese nemesis, mention America's economy and, as he puts it, "extend my thumb, pointing upward.""
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