foremost
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"Obviously, first and foremost, it was absolute disappointment," she said.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
“Mayor’s races are first and foremost about what people see outside of their front doors, when they walk their kids to school, when they drive to work,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
Heteropessimism exists alongside heterosexuality not because being straight is terrible or embarrassing or out of fashion, but because it is, first and foremost, an institution — one that in many places remains dangerous to spurn.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
“The two things that consumers notice and complain about first and foremost are rises in food and fuel prices. Yet, in this case, they continue to spend because they have the money to do so.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
In the stories of both goddesses, Demeter and Persephone, the idea of sorrow was foremost.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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