above all

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Brands such as Mixue Group, Luckin Coffee, and Wallace have tapped into a weaker consumer environment by offering what many Chinese shoppers now prioritize above all else: affordability.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

"But, above all, it is painful. It stigmatises an innocent man."

From BBC • May 20, 2026

This is still above all a lovely, soft yarn about crime-solving farm animals, some of them voiced by Regina Hall, Patrick Stewart, and the guy who plays Roy Kent on “Ted Lasso.”

From Salon • May 17, 2026

“The Sheep Detectives” director, Kyle Balda, a veteran who directed some of the avowedly silly “Minions” movies, said that many studios now operated with a directive to be entertaining above all.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Margot and Mr. van Daan wish, above all else, to have a hot bath, filled to the brim, which they can lie in for more than half an hour.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank