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Recent Examples of preeminence The rising cost of dinner and a movie reflects a wider trend: Besides recent inflation, a strong dollar and the preeminence of U.S. capital markets have pushed prices up across America over the past decade-plus. Greg McKenna, Fortune, 27 June 2025 These lies evoke ancient American presumptions — that the United States deserves its position of preeminence in the world as a kind of divine inheritance, and that just beyond our borders, dark and sinister forces are forever conspiring against us. John Fanestil, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2025 Between the lines: Some policymakers and firms like Nvidia and Microsoft have argued overly arduous restrictions risk ceding the field to China, undercutting U.S. AI preeminence rather than bolstering it. Dave Lawler, Axios, 18 May 2025 But the administration also wants to use the tariff revenues to lower the budget deficit and assert America’s preeminence as the world’s largest economy. Josh Boak, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for preeminence
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preeminence
Noun
  • For Verlander, this outing was a departure from his recent run of excellence.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Additionally, the media company hosts its annual Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, which celebrate excellence across horror film, TV and gaming with over one million fans voting across 20 categories.
    Giana Levy, Variety, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • China has rapidly modernized its navy and air force, adding aircraft carriers, advanced destroyers, and long-range missiles to challenge US dominance in the western Pacific.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters have been Co-CEOs there since 2023, presiding over a period of share price growth and continued dominance in streaming despite initial skepticism about the dual arrangement.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • With over 600 DEXs now operating according to Grvt’s estimates, pure technological superiority or lower fees no longer guarantee success.
    Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Not to mention the moral superiority gap it’s widened in conversations between the thin and the not thin enough.
    Allison Lax, Glamour, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Education was considered an individual pursuit marked by moral excellency and only the students who did the best in school would have proceeded to higher education.
    Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Zurich said the Game Changer Award pays tribute to excellency in the film business with a focus on leaders that not only cherish change and forward-thinking approaches in the business, but also stand for the DNA of what cinema has represented since its invention.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • In contrast, they were considered right-wing if they were propelled by racial supremacy, misogyny or opposition to liberal agendas.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Again, multiple collectives competing against each other was an issue all over the country, including at Penn State’s main competition for Big Ten supremacy.
    Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Asteroids are larger rocks in space, but there's no official distinction.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • One crucial distinction, though, comes from how the question is phrased.
    Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In exchange for some $200 million per season, NBC and Peacock will assume dominion over the Sunday Night Baseball package from which ESPN uncoupled itself in February.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2025
  • There is only one holistic system of systems, one vast and immane, interwoven, interacting, multivariate, multinational dominion of dollars.
    Merrill Markoe, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Neither figure is overly impressive for a brand whose reputation rests on performance.
    Mark Phelan, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Meeting between the community and Skateland leadership Much of the community's concerns stemmed from years of management that allowed the skating rink to develop a bad reputation, due to fights and shootings.
    Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Preeminence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preeminence. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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