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New York needs to add to the starting rotation, first and foremost.
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Zach Pressnell, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
My view on supplements is that first and foremost, try to cover your needs with a healthy diet.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 5 Dec. 2024
Well, there’s no denying that Assad, as the autocratic President of Syria, is first and foremost responsible for the catastrophe that has befallen Syria since 2011—legally, morally, politically, and militarily.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2024
So, that’s, first and foremost, what we’re focused on.
—ABC News, 1 Dec. 2024
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Zach Pressnell, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
My view on supplements is that first and foremost, try to cover your needs with a healthy diet.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 5 Dec. 2024
Well, there’s no denying that Assad, as the autocratic President of Syria, is first and foremost responsible for the catastrophe that has befallen Syria since 2011—legally, morally, politically, and militarily.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2024
So, that’s, first and foremost, what we’re focused on.
—ABC News, 1 Dec. 2024
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“First and foremost.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20and%20foremost. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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