before all else

Example Sentences

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Abigail reminds us that Keynes — father of macroeconomics, who’s misquoted as frequently as he’s misunderstood — “was before all else a humanist, an old-school liberal pragmatist.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2023

Although Li has not lost his position, unlike some lower-level Chinese officials, Xi has made it clear that containing the epidemic comes before all else.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2022

When people spend on technology, they generally buy gadgets before all else.

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2021

“Time and again, he put country before self, before party, before all else — in uniform and out — and it earned him the universal respect of the American people.”

From Washington Times • Oct. 18, 2021

He knew what it was like: the terrible, agonizing pain which was there all the while but could not be suffered yet, because before all else it was necessary to be able to breathe.

From "1984" by George Orwell