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as in main
coming before all others in importance
the paramount goal is to restore the colonial-era house with complete historical accuracy
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2
as in utmost
of the greatest or highest degree or quantity
maintaining the secrecy of the agreement is of paramount importance
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Recent Examples of paramount
Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
But artistic pursuits were paramount for Lecile Tharp and her daughter.
—Peter Larsen, Orange County Register, 13 Feb. 2025
Snagging another high-end win against Kentucky (which will likely be without Lamont Butler) on Saturday looks paramount before a week off to regroup for a critical final five contests.
—Jim Root, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
Keeping abreast of the younger generation is paramount.
—Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 7 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
In Europe, free speech is paramount and enshrined in law, but so is responsibility for the safety of citizens.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
But artistic pursuits were paramount for Lecile Tharp and her daughter.
—Peter Larsen, Orange County Register, 13 Feb. 2025
Snagging another high-end win against Kentucky (which will likely be without Lamont Butler) on Saturday looks paramount before a week off to regroup for a critical final five contests.
—Jim Root, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
Keeping abreast of the younger generation is paramount.
—Lisa Lockwood, WWD, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paramount
Adjective
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While The Charlotte Observer cannot confirm or deny the hyperbole, two things can be proven in regards to the downtown main street: infrastructure construction is complete and many more people are calling Union Street home.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Feb. 2025
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What’s different this time is how Wilds‘ main antagonist, the White Wraith, behaves.—
Josh Broadwell,
Rolling Stone,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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In the interest of utmost safety, all 911 Cabriolet models feature an automatic rollover protection system that works with or without the top raised.—
Michael Harley,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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Get the accompanying travel case for the utmost ease.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Lastly, most clinics in Turkey provide VIP packages covering consultation and pre-op tests, the hair transplant procedure, hotel accommodation (usually 4–5 stars), transportation (airport to hotel and clinic), and post-operative care and follow-ups.—
Kody Boye,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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Hawk-Eye systems are already implemented at most professional tennis tournaments and have even led to the removal of human line judges in three of the sport’s four biggest tournaments.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Ridicule only appeals to cool kids on coasts and the college towns and totalitarians.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orange County Register,
17 Oct. 2020
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Under the unconditional patronage of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kadyrov rules his republic as a totalitarian, and has done so since taking power in May 2004, after his father, then President Akhmad Kadyrov, was assassinated.—
Layla Taimienova,
Foreign Affairs,
10 May 2017
Noun
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The cover of the first issue of The New Yorker, dated Feb. 21, 1925, carried no portraits of potentates or tycoons, no headlines, no come-ons.—
Christopher B. Daly,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2025
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Or were all those billionaire potentates in the Capitol Rotunda — seated in front of Trump’s Cabinet picks — asserting their social, economic and cultural hegemony?—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Before becoming one of America’s foremost historians, a Pulitzer Prize winner and writer of seminal books on Abraham Lincoln (a basis for the Steven Spielberg film Lincoln), Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Teddy Roosevelt and Johnson, Kearns Goodwin became a White House Fellow under LBJ.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
14 Feb. 2025
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At his death in 1996, he was considered one of the country’s foremost historians of the Black experience in America.—
Jeffrey Boutwell,
Baltimore Sun,
12 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Regardless of an airline’s operating procedures, the ultimate goal in an emergency is to evacuate everyone in 90 seconds or less.—
Essence,
Essence,
24 Feb. 2025
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Meester, meanwhile, played Blair Waldorf, Serena's (Blake Lively) best friend, Chuck's (Ed Westwick) one true love, and the ultimate defender of the headband.—
Samantha Highfill,
EW.com,
24 Feb. 2025
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Gabriela Vatu,
PCMAG,
15 Feb. 2025
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By the finale, his effort to lead a rebellion against the game's overlords was thwarted, leaving his fate unclear and ending the season on a massive cliffhanger.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Paramount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paramount. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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