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- noun the status of being
preeminent ,dominant orascendant - noun high
importance ;superiority
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Examples
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Organizations that sustain preeminence do so because they understand that being entrenched in their past successes is the surest path to future failure.
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The competition between these two nations for low-carbon preeminence is critical for the climate.
Carl Pope: India Vs. China: Which Low-Carbon Development Model Will Win?
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Organizations that sustain preeminence do so because they understand that being entrenched in their past successes is the surest path to future failure.
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Organizations that sustain preeminence do so because they understand that being entrenched in their past successes is the surest path to future failure.
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The competition between these two nations for low-carbon preeminence is critical for the climate.
Carl Pope: India Vs. China: Which Low-Carbon Development Model Will Win?
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Organizations that sustain preeminence do so because they understand that being entrenched in their past successes is the surest path to future failure.
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The competition between these two nations for low-carbon preeminence is critical for the climate.
Carl Pope: India Vs. China: Which Low-Carbon Development Model Will Win?
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(Note that the adjective in Emma that vies with "every" for preeminence is "interesting.")
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Constantine, the eldest of the Caesars, obtained, with a certain preeminence of rank, the possession of the new capital, which bore his own name and that of his father.
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Boulez' own music, for what it's worth, didn't even win the battle for preeminence, which is to say the token programming spot.
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