preeminent
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arch, big, capital, cardinal, central, chief, dominant, first, foremost, grand, great, greatest, highest, key, leading, main, master, number one (also No. 1), numero uno, overbearing, overmastering, overriding, paramount, predominant, premier, primal, primary, principal, prior, sovereign (also sovran), supreme
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Maintaining that pace against the Pac-12’s preeminent ball-control offense is certainly no easy feat. — Los Angeles Times, "The Sports Report: Serena Williams is back in the U.S. Open final," 6 Sep. 2019 Wellesley College, the nation’s preeminent women’s campus is in unfamiliar territory: defending itself against charges of sexism in an in-your-face advertising campaign launched by the local electrical workers union. — Deirdre Fernandes, BostonGlobe.com, "Wellesley College takes heat from electrical union over female construction jobs," 5 Sep. 2019 After Jack While not appreciated at the time, Welch’s retirement from GE in 2001 marked both the high point of the company’s position atop American enterprise and of Six Sigma’s status as a preeminent management credential. — Oliver Staley, Quartz at Work, "Whatever happened to Six Sigma?," 3 Sep. 2019 As China seeks to succeed the U.S. as the preeminent superpower, business is playing an even larger role in international affairs than usual. — Fortune, "It’s China’s World," 22 July 2019 Not surprisingly, passionate admirers of America’s most popular and preeminent celebrity chef want to paint their kitchens in honor of their culinary hero. — Paula Johnson, Smithsonian, "Remembering Julia Child," 13 Aug. 2019 But everything changed in February when Three Chiefs became the toast of Wakefest, Florida’s preeminent gathering for pours of the world’s rarest and most coveted beers. — David Klein, latimes.com, "What goes into an $899 bottle of beer? Lots of coconut and hype," 10 June 2019 The tradition of liberal internationalism, which held individual liberty as the preeminent value and believed in equality of opportunity, as well as a safety net, was under assault. — Matthew Continetti, National Review, "Guns and the ‘New Class’," 10 Aug. 2019 In its 63rd season, Santa Fe Opera remains America's preeminent summer opera festival, mixing repertory favorites with new or at least rarely performed opera. — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, "A fairy-tale world premiere and Janácek's brutal but redemptive 'Jenufa' impress at Santa Fe Opera," 6 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'preeminent.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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