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• n  high status importance owing to marked superiority

• Last week an upstart band of East Coast rivals called the Breed decided to challenge the Angels' preeminence.
• Among those American artists today whose livelihood is linked to words and wordplay, Sondheim holds a unique preeminence.
• Many in the West were under the impression that Japan had won the future as a sort of door prize, something that automatically came along with economic preeminence, but that is .

• eminence
• distinction
• note

News & Articles

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• Hey NYT, What Is It With You and These 'Near Disaster in the Air' Stories?
  C'mon, New York Times , I just got done writing an item  about your ever-growing preeminence in world journalism. And you do ... this again? Visitors to this site may recall the flap over a bogus NYT Magazine ...
  Aug. 6, 2013 - The Atlantic via Yahoo! Finance
• SIUE's Maurer to retire at end of school year
  Dr. Marcia Maurer, dean of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing since 2003, has retired effective July 15, after leading the School to preeminence during the last decade.
  Aug. 6, 2013 - Edwardsville Intelligencer
• SIUE School of Nursing Dean Marcia Maurer Retires
  Dr. Marcia Maurer, dean of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing since 2003, has retired effective July 15, after leading the School to preeminence during the last decade. (PRWeb August 06, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/8/prweb10996963.htm
  Aug. 6, 2013 - PRWeb

Quotes

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• Charles Schumer in Bloomberg
  Unless we improve our corporate climate, we risk allowing New York to lose its preeminence in the global financial services sector,New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Charles Schumer, a Democratic Senator from New York, wrote in the Wall...
• Ratan Tata in Dispatch Online
  These brands will retain their distinctive identities,Ratan Tata, chairman of Tata Motors said. "We plan to work closely to support the Jaguar-Land Rover team in building the success and preeminence of the two brands."
• Nancy Pelosi in DetNews.com
  Because the behavior or the past generation in terms of Detroit has not produced the preeminence that we would like to see,Pelosi said.