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
Laura’s existential crisis hinges on if resigning from it might empower her, but with its New York cultural eminence, there’s a whole company of employees waiting to work again, coupled with her role as the family breadwinner.
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David Katz, IndieWire, 16 Feb. 2026
The 2025 Broncos returned to eminence.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2026
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.
—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
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David Katz, IndieWire, 16 Feb. 2026
The 2025 Broncos returned to eminence.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2026
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eminence
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On almost any other night, being without Town’s playmaking or Robinson’s rim protection and rebounding dominance would tank the Knicks.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
5 May 2026
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Scaling up for ‘energy dominance’ Apart from becoming the preeminent pipeline player, Enbridge is the fourth-largest Canadian company by market cap, trailing Shopify.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
4 May 2026
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Each new hill brings a slightly different and powerful view of Martinez and its petroleum refinery infrastructure; farther in the horizon, like a mirage of an ivory city, shimmers a wind-turbine farm.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
4 May 2026
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Outside, the layout opens up around a roughly 50-foot pool that stretches alongside a wooden deck with sweeping views of the hills and ocean.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
4 May 2026
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London has carved out a global reputation for fintech, combining regulatory sophistication with access to capital, talent and a dense network of financial institutions.—
Melissa Jun Rowley,
Rolling Stone,
29 Apr. 2026
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Turkey has built a reputation in dental tourism, offering treatment plans that are often paired with travel support.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Jackson Knickerbocker was dominant on the mound, striking out five for the shutout.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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Joe Coughlan went 3-for-3 with a solo home run while Tyler Jones was dominant on the mound with nine strikeouts in seven innings as Sandwich earned a 6-2 nonleague win over Bishop Stang.—
Brian Roach,
Boston Herald,
1 May 2026
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There are those who once thought that the superiority of machines would cause a crisis for chess—and for humanity.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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Piech wanted to show off the superiority of VW Group’s engineering.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
24 Apr. 2026
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The prominence of those issues at Thursday’s hearing reflects, in part, which speakers chose to participate in public comment, and does not necessarily capture the full range of concerns that shaped the commission’s months-long process.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
2 May 2026
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Janice Dickinson Janice Dickinson rose to prominence in the 1970s and 1980s as one of the most recognizable supermodels of her era.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 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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This gorgeous view of the Flower Moon was captured by Ahsan Mohammed Ahmed Ahmed as the lunar disk rose over the mountains close to the city of Erbil in Iraq.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
2 May 2026
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Other samples contained alder and ash, more common to rivers, as well as fir and beech more typical of the mountain regions of Istria and Dalmatia.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 May 2026
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“Eminence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eminence. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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