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standing above others in attainment or reputation
- An eminent citizen, so one heard, was on the point of arrest.3 — Answer (36% in)
- As an educated man successful in his profession, as an eminent Republican and church leader-even though of the Methodist church-Mr. Clutter was entitled to rank among the local patricians, but just as he had never joined the Garden City Country Club, he had never sought to associate with the reigning coterie.1 — Last To See Them Alive (44% in)
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