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foremost

[fawr-mohst, -muhst, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˌmoʊst, -məst, ˈfoʊr- /


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Companies are first and foremost worried about liability.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

"First and foremost, a human is still behind all of this, and these people must be of high quality".

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

For anyone keeping score, that leaves Trump’s publicly stated resume including businessman, president, golf-course owner — and, apparently, one of the world’s foremost grass experts.

From Salon Aug. 9, 2026

First and foremost, he is not the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee—that is Alabama Rep. Mike Rogers.

From Slate Aug. 6, 2026

For if it does, then it has broken its foremost oath and shall be forever dismantled, its members immediately banished from the supernatural world.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston




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