How to Use preeminent in a Sentence

preeminent

adjective
  • She's the preeminent chef in a city that has many good ones.
  • The poem is a preeminent example of his work.
  • In the Nineties, Bratt did a four-year stint on Law & Order, one of the preeminent mystery-of-the-week shows.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The Weirdest Dinosaurs Here are a few of the preeminent weirdos: 1.
    Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 14 June 2023
  • Out of all of the joyous spring launches to shop, the 2024 dress trends are preeminent on our list.
    Alexis Bennett Parker, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Why does Chase, one of its preeminent artists, seem to have turned up his nose at TV?
    Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2021
  • In 1963, the world’s preeminent kidney transplant surgeons met in DC to discuss the state of the field.
    WIRED, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Which may have been a feature, not a bug, for the preeminent New York power couple of the late 1980s.
    Paul Farhi, Washington Post, 15 July 2022
  • The Bloomberg News reporter has emerged as the preeminent source for intel on covid-19 cases in and around the White House.
    Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2020
  • Watch this movie and behold the preeminent case study in how obsessed with Lolita films were in the ’90s.
    Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2024
  • But no amount of time away from the sci-fi world could ever threaten his place as a preeminent master of the genre.
    Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 6 Mar. 2024
  • For three decades, Fatman Scoop, who passed away on August 30 at the age of 56, was rap’s preeminent hype man.
    Abe Beame, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2024
  • But Bob, the film’s preeminent shrunken-head guy, is funny just to look at.
    Vulture Staff, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Jazzy Jay was one of the preeminent figures, and my sister used to date his homeboy.
    Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2024
  • They can be showcased at one of our preeminent venues — the Fox Theatre.
    Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 13 May 2024
  • How did the newspaper cover issues of race as the state’s preeminent source of news?
    Therese Bottomly, The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, 24 Oct. 2022
  • And of course the preeminent one that everyone talks about is Tiger Global.
    Joe Weisenthal, Bloomberg.com, 23 June 2022
  • Shouldn’t the preeminent NFT images have some kind of long-term storage plan?
    Sandra Upson, Wired, 11 Nov. 2021
  • But Pollack says the jury is still out on whether the Emirati armed forces can someday join the ranks of the preeminent militaries of the world.
    Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, 29 Oct. 2020
  • One of the preeminent makers of pianos now has showroom in the Portland area.
    oregonlive, 19 Oct. 2021
  • If the program succeeds, the Air Force will retain its status as the world’s preeminent long-range strike force.
    Loren Thompson, Forbes, 11 May 2021
  • This is the preeminent gaming VR headset on the market.
    Heath Owens, Men's Health, 1 Nov. 2022
  • The great holy people, whose voice needed to be preeminent.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 19 Dec. 2022
  • And not even the preeminent coach of his generation can will it away.
    Mike Finger, ExpressNews.com, 14 Sep. 2019
  • Now, she’s gone on to paint a bleak picture of the music industry’s preeminent award show.
    Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Alex: How did the U.S. decide to become the world’s preeminent power?
    The New Republic, 2 Dec. 2020
  • Shoup is considered the preeminent scholar on parking in the United States and his work laid the foundation for the new law.
    Liam Dillonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2022
  • There is healing that needs to occur between the league and one of its two preeminent powers, but that process has not begun.
    J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Payton, one of the sport’s preeminent play callers, was in his bag from the opening possession, and Nix brought it all to life in vivid clarity, like a Rocky Mountain sunset.
    Michael Silver, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
  • One of the preeminent voices in college basketball is returning to the air after a nearly two-year absence.
    Chantz Martin, Fox News, 17 Jan. 2025

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