Distinguished
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Distinguished adjective – Having or showing a formal and serious or reserved manner. Leading is a synonym for distinguished. In some cases you can use "Leading" instead an adjective "Distinguished".
Nearby Words: distinguishing, distinguishable
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Leading
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Leading adjective – Coming before all others in importance. Usage example: they are the leading suppliers of processed meat in the country
Distinguished is a synonym for leading in characteristic topic. Sometimes you can use "Distinguished" instead an adjective "Leading".
Nearby Words: lead, leader, leadership, leaded
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- I can remember vividly discussing Worlds in Collision with a distinguished professor of Semitics at a leading university.
Source: Dan Browned - Wolseley had a distinguished military career and was a leading advocate for army reform.
Source: Modern Major General -
Cardigan's wartime leadership of the Light Cavalry Brigade wasn't especially distinguished, leading them on a pointless reconnaissance that achieved little but exhausting the men and losing valuable horses.
Source: The Neidermeyer
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Leading and Distinguished. (2016). Retrieved 2021, January 26, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/distinguished/leading
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