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Recent Examples of preeminence Populism was initially driven by fear of Islamic violence, not Jewish preeminence. Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 25 Apr. 2025 Their letter emphasized threats to the country’s health, economic development, national security and scientific preeminence. A.j. Russo, Baltimore Sun, 17 Apr. 2025 President Xi has openly set the ambition of achieving global preeminence by 2049—the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party's takeover. David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 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. Arkansas Online, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for preeminence
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Noun
  • The series has also won two Annie Awards, for excellence in the field of animation, in 2023 and 2025 in the category of Best Animated Television/Media Production for Preschool Children.
    Debbie Day, EW.com, 26 June 2025
  • This reality drives the team’s commitment to excellence, with Jordan emphasizing the importance of ensuring every guest leaves on a positive note.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Dominating Grocery Walmart’s dominance is most pronounced in grocery.
    Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • This launched an era of dominance with a string of classic main events.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Beijing’s military capabilities already surpass India’s, and given its lower defense burden—the ratio of military expenditures to GDP—China could expand its defense spending with fewer penalties to its economic growth compared with India while further widening its military superiority.
    ASHLEY J. TELLIS, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2025
  • Dad, as fathers do, asserted his physical superiority.
    Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 17 June 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
  • 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
Noun
  • The lights go up in Sin City on Sunday night as defending champion Mexico faces Costa Rica with Group A supremacy and a smoother road to the final on the line.
    Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 22 June 2025
  • One of them, Illinois coach Bret Bielema believes, is an end to the notion of the Southeastern Conference’s supremacy.
    Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • Stein elaborates, drawing a distinction between highly skilled white-collar migrants, people including Alexander Hamilton, Albert Einstein and Elon Musk, and those who would in his view take jobs away from American low-wage workers.
    Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 23 June 2025
  • Cardinals first baseman Wilson Contreras struck out four times Saturday in St. Louis’ 6-5 win over the Reds and earned a special distinction.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • These were inhabitants of the Real East Coast who, even in the late 2000s, were still under the impression that hip-hop’s having been created in their territory granted them indefinite dominion over how the genre’s rhythm and presentation were supposed to feel.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2025
  • The idea of achieving ‘dominion’ over the world and society is not uncommon in charismatic Christian theology, according to religious scholar Matthew Taylor, who studies Christian Nationalism.
    Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • Williams has been a very strong critic of the mayor, while Rajkumar, a Queens assemblywoman, has a reputation for her frequent appearances alongside Adams.
    Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 25 June 2025
  • The damage to the comedian’s reputation ended his career, though, and the overall perception of the industry took a hit as well.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 June 2025

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