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before anything else

ADVERB
principally
Synonyms
STRONGEST
basically chiefly first and foremost generally importantly largely mostly notably particularly predominantly
STRONG
primarily
WEAK
above all cardinally dominantly eminently especially essentially first of all for the most part fundamentally in the first place in the main materially peculiarly preeminently prevailingly prevalently substantially superlatively supremely to a great degree universally vitally
Antonyms
WEAK
secondarily trivially

Example Sentences

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To play a Latino on a long-running hit TV show fills Nuñez with pride — yet he sees himself as an actor before anything else.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025

She describes the events as a "tragedy of trust" and thinks it will take some time before anything else inspires her to knit a scene of such impact.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2024

We do everything we can right there, before anything else, to make sure that the patient is OK for now, and we don’t stop until they are as OK as we can make them.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2024

The fruit in a classic upside-down cake caramelizes in a butter and brown sugar mixture that gets poured into the cake pan before anything else is added.

From Salon • Mar. 16, 2023

She was a member of the Dregs, an employee of the White Rose, and occasionally a foolish girl, but before anything else she was a Grisha and a soldier.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo