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Example Sentences
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The death of King Arthur is caused by a blood feud between two of his foremost knights, Lancelot and Gawain, who had once been close friends.
When people think about the world’s foremost grandmasters, they might imagine two geniuses in a hushed room leaning over a chess board.
In Victorian times, the telling, or reading, of ghost stories was a Christmas tradition; the most enduring Yule-time tale — Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” written in 1843 — is first and foremost a ghost story.
From Los Angeles Times
Precious metals are foremost among these options at present.
From MarketWatch
"First and foremost I would look after my kids and I'd put it in a bank account for them and my granddaughters," he said.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
