"preeminent" is a correct and usable word in written English.
It means outstanding or superior in character or performance. For example: "The preeminent scientist was recognized for his groundbreaking research in the field."
They were "Scottish exceptionalists", those nationalists who believed Scotland was preeminent and would vote yes even if it impoverished the country, and "blue collar Bravehearts", those working class, largely male, voters who identified themselves as Scottish, not British.
HUBRIS is the preeminent tendency in politics.
In America, the Snowden scandal became an argument for the preeminent, constitutionally-enshrined right to personal freedom; in Britain, this liberty is less trumpeted.
Moscow, not Kiev, is the preeminent belligerent thus far.9) Those who demand anti-war activity here in Britain against Russia are ignoring the history and the present reality in Ukraine and Crimea.
To maintain that preeminent position, open and free access to stories would seem crucial.
"Sooner or later they will leave anyway," says the son and spokesman of Ayatollah Sistani, the preeminent Shia scholar in Najaf, denying rumours that his father has decreed jihad against the invaders.
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Preeminent among them was Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (whose works included the first plan of the Schloss Schönbrunn in Vienna, Karls Church in Vienna, and Kollegien Church in Salzburg) and his son Josef Emanuel Fischer von Erlach (who designed the Hof Library, in Vienna).
In much of Latin America the church had been the preeminent source of capital and a major property owner.
Spain, with which the policy is most closely associated, was preeminent in developing a colonial empire and drew from the New World great quantities of gold and silver during the 16th and 17th centuries.
Paris remained preeminent among the early universities; its famous schools became associated as the faculties of arts, canon law, medicine, and theology, gaining jurisdictional independence under papal protection by 1231.
