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foremost

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


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Yet it remains, first and foremost, a military tool.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Yeah, to me, first and foremost, if you’re going to another country, you gotta respect that country’s rules and regulations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

By reputation, the FBI is the world’s foremost law-enforcement agency.

From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026

And in his opening public remarks, Xi messaged the U.S. and China should avoid “the Thucydides trap,” where the world’s foremost power and its rising challenger are doomed to go to war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

The height of the thing was but one element of its magnificence, and not even the foremost.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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