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preeminence

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[ US /pɹiˈɛmənəns/ ]
NOUN
  1. high status importance owing to marked superiority
    a scholar of great eminence

How To Use preeminence In A Sentence

  • Even more remarkable is the size of the American military preeminence.
  • Some, however, felt that appellation would give the Republican ships preeminence.
  • Clearly, the Europeans are determined to challenge our preeminence in commercial aviation, and the challenge to our leadership in space is coming from the Pacific Rim.
  • The city ought to try to regain its preeminence in retailing by letting the big boxes in.
  • He came to understand if he pushed himself hard enough, he could eventually exert his physical preeminence.
  • Defense officials and pundits alike have elevated this concept to preeminence in the discourse on future military structure.
  • By 1860, Virginia's former preeminence in coal production had vanished.
  • (Note that the adjective in Emma that vies with "every" for preeminence is "interesting.") Social Theory at Box Hill: Acts of Union
  • I question whether the persistent giddiness I feel around bristlecones is the altitude or a sense of their profound preeminence.
  • The double standard may be disputed by a few of these individuals, but not the preeminence of physical appeal.
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