Preeminent
[prɪ'emɪnənt] or [pri'ɛmɪnənt]
Definition
(a.) Eminent above others; prominent among those who are eminent; superior in excellence; surpassing, or taking precedence of, others; rarely, surpassing others in evil, or in bad qualities; as, preeminent in guilt.
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Examples
- Mr. Edison is preeminent in the realm of engineering. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- With the appearance of _The Sun Also Rises_ in 1926, Hemingway became not only the voice of the lost generation but the preeminent writer of his time. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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