1
as in dominance
the fact or state of being above others in rank or importance
the eminence of the Nobel Prize in the field of awards and prizes
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2
as in hill
an area of high ground
the old citadel sits on an eminence with a commanding view of the city
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Recent Examples of eminence
On an eminence at the heart of the sprawling property, the restaurant overlooks a painter’s delight of fields, woods, and distant hills, a mosaic of brown and gold on this cloudy late-fall day.
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Claire Messud, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2026
But the Reverend Franklin Graham, a towering eminence in that community, made a stirring introductory speech.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
These speakers join previously announced eminences from Amazon, Calm, Contextual AI, CoreWeave, Databricks, DataSnipper, Exelon, Glean, Google, Intuit, Rivian, and Serve Robotics.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2025
After all, eminence can be a solitary business, not least for someone with as tough a hide as Hopkins’s.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
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Claire Messud, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2026
But the Reverend Franklin Graham, a towering eminence in that community, made a stirring introductory speech.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
These speakers join previously announced eminences from Amazon, Calm, Contextual AI, CoreWeave, Databricks, DataSnipper, Exelon, Glean, Google, Intuit, Rivian, and Serve Robotics.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2025
After all, eminence can be a solitary business, not least for someone with as tough a hide as Hopkins’s.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eminence
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Yet extreme geographic concentration – particularly China’s dominance of processing, accounting for 70% of refining on average across 19 of 20 strategic minerals – poses systemic risks that were brought into sharp relief by Beijing’s 2025 export controls on rare earths, gallium, and germanium.—
Interesting Engineering,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Mar. 2026
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After years of disinflationary pressures from globalization, productivity improvements, and technological efficiency gains— particularly in the US oil and gas business — the energy component of the consumer price index is reasserting dominance in a negative way.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
30 Mar. 2026
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The agricultural region in the hills of northeast Oceanside has long been known for its commercial production of flowers, tomatoes, avocadoes, citrus and other crops.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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City of Steamboat Springs But the impact of Howelsen Hill goes beyond Olympians; Bannister said the hill is still the heart of the mountain community.—
Spencer Wilson,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Fetterman, by contrast, has built a reputation as an unpredictable but transactional-free vote, one guided more by instinct than negotiation.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Mar. 2026
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This was a dramatic turn after Starmer had sought a reputation as something of a Trump-whisperer — even if that went down badly with many Britons at home, failing to win discernible gains over the Ukraine war and Trump’s hostile pursuit of Greenland.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
25 Mar. 2026
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Alcantara left the mound with a lead, courtesy of the bottom of Miami’s lineup stringing together hits in the second.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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Kansas City Royals ace Cole Ragans stumbled off the mound in the first inning of Friday evening’s season opener at Truist Park.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
28 Mar. 2026
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For years, the Red Bull driver was the benchmark – often cruising through races with rivals unable to challenge his superiority.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2026
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America has gone to war many times with the hubris of superiority.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Orr hired Campbell away from Oregon, where the coach’s mastery in recruiting helped boost the Ducks to national prominence.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
28 Mar. 2026
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Shah rose to national prominence as Kathmandu’s mayor after winning the post as an independent in 2022.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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So others speculate and then the Heat somehow are the ones who get caught in the spin cycle of various insiders of various repute trying to sell Substack subscriptions or generate clicks or views.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Feb. 2026
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Two other veteran Dutch managers of significant repute had been in the reckoning, one of them a former boss of Manchester United.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
19 Nov. 2025
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Although the precipitation may be on the light side, very welcome rain and mountain snow will be common across the Intermountain West with multiple rounds through the week.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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The area's geography of tall seaside cliffs and sharp mountain ridges can contribute to turbulent air and quick weather changes that pose hazards for aviation.—
JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Eminence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eminence. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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