preeminent
adjective
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What is noteworthy about the following sentence? "Denali Mountain is a prominent eminence on the Alaskan landscape." You very likely recognized two words that are closely related to preeminent: prominent and eminence. All three words are rooted in the Latin verb stem -minēre, meaning "to stand out." Mount is also a related word: it comes from Latin mont- or mons, meaning "mountain," which shares a common ancestor with -minēre. Mount leads us in turn to paramount, a word closely related in meaning to preeminent.
Examples of preeminent in a Sentence
Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
The legislation, Senate Bill 9, is the upper chamber’s preeminent environmental measure for the 2025 legislative session.
—John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2025
For much of the Real Housewives franchises’ run, Atlanta has been the preeminent standout, making television magic out of foibles as minor as being excluded from a party’s RSVP list, as happened between NeNe Leakes and Shereé Whitfield in season one.
—Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 12 May 2025
On Monday, the Trump administration dismissed the authors of the Sixth National Climate Assessment report -- the U.S. government's preeminent report on the risks, impacts and responses to climate change mandated by Congress and produced every four years.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Preeminent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/preeminent. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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preeminent
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