uppermost

Example Sentences

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This week’s retreat, which clipped more than a full percent from the S&P 500, happened to include elements of all three that likely will remain uppermost in investors’ minds over the coming weeks.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

This week, the builders placed the uppermost beam on the 12-story inn set to be completed next September, in time for Super Bowl 61 scheduled to happen the following February at SoFi.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025

As with other social media platforms, you can filter your feed to see only content by people you’re following in the uppermost tabs.

From Slate • Jan. 16, 2025

The ocean gets its oxygen from its uppermost layers in contact with the atmosphere.

From Science Daily • Feb. 15, 2024

Tell the truth, that possibility was uppermost in my own mind, even though I couldn’t believe it.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns