According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.
PREEMINENT
preeminent, leading(a)
(adjective) greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement; “our greatest statesmen”; “the country’s leading poet”; “a preeminent archeologist”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
preeminent (not comparable)
Exceeding others in quality or rank; of outstanding excellence, extremely notable or important. [from 15th c.]
Anagrams
• repinement
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*ëm"i*nent, a. Etym: [L. praeminens, -entis, p. pr. praeminere to be prominent, to surpass: cf. F. pré\'82minent. See Pre-, and Eminent.]
Definition: Eminent above others; prominent among those who are eminent; superior in excellence; surpassing, or taking precedence of, others; rarely, surpassing others in evil, or in bad qualities; as, preëminent in guilt. In goodness and in power preëminent. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ANOMALY
(noun) (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
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