Synonyms for preëminent
priˈɛm ə nəntpreëmi·nent

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1. leading(a), preeminentadjective

   greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement

   "our greatest statesmen"; "the country's leading poet"; "a preeminent archeologist"

   Antonyms:
   inferior

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1. Benedict Craven:

   Instability is a rising concern but a weak economy is being felt in all sectors and country-wide so we believe it will be the preeminent voter concern.

2. Carolina Rosa:

   The City of London is a preeminent nexus of power in the global system that is killing our world.

3. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

   It could be a historic bad deal because it leaves the preeminent terrorist state of our time a vast nuclear infrastructure.

4. Frank Rocca:

   They voted a couple years ago, to say that, that the struggle against abortion is the preeminent priority of the church in the United States, and some of the more progressive bishops who identify themselves as allies of Pope Francis said this is not what the pope wants. This is wrong. It's a priority. But it's not the preeminent priority. It's not above fighting poverty or helping migrants or protecting the environment.

5. David Petraeus:

   They have, to a degree, been both part of Iraq's salvation but also the most serious threat to the all-important effort of once again getting the Sunni Arab population in Iraq to feel that it has a stake in the success of Iraq rather than a stake in its failure, longer term, Iranian-backed Shia militia could emerge as the preeminent power in the country, one that is outside the control of the government and instead answerable to Tehran.