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What does preeminent mean?

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  1. Exceeding others in quality or rank; of outstanding excellence, extremely notable or important. [from 15th c.]
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Gary considers himself very fortunate in having had Dr. Larry A. Whitford, a preeminent phycologist, serve as his Ph.D. advisor.
The girl's strangulation and disembowelment was the preeminent unsolved Homicide case.
Here he abandoned religion, raised a family, and won a reputation as a respected teacher and preeminent authority on gall wasps.
The two biggest bugaboos bedeviling these preeminent directors are commercialization and overcrowding.
Giorgio Armani is widely regarded as one of the 20th century's preeminent fashion designers.
Spartan dominance rose from its unquestionable position as the preeminent continental army of the region.

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