above all

adverb

: before every other consideration : especially

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One above all is salicylic acid, renowned for its exfoliating properties that, by promoting cell turnover, improves scalp health by eliminating flaking and enhancing rosemary water's dandruff-alleviating benefits. Alice Nardiotti, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2025 Keep noise to a minimum, clean up your trash, and above all, never, ever touch the trees. Katherine Lagrave, AFAR Media, 28 Feb. 2025 The team’s mentality is excellent, their attitude as well, but above all the atmosphere. Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025 Read: Hamas’s theater of the macabre In the months that followed, the Netanyahu government seemed committed above all to continuing the war. Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for above all

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of above all was in the 14th century

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“Above all.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/above%20all. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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