How to Use first and foremost in a Sentence
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This is an opera that is, first and foremost, a tribute to opera.
—Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023
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You’re known first and foremost as a straight-up spitter.
—Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2023
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Try to work hard and be a good person first and foremost and a good teammate.
—Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 10 July 2024
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But first and foremost, the music has to be the most exciting thing.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
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It’s always been a love story to me, first and foremost.
—Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
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As for those reasons why, first and foremost: the academics.
—Leena Kim, Town & Country, 24 Feb. 2023
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Grammy night was, first and foremost, a night of women.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 5 Feb. 2024
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But of course, first and foremost, is the protection of the Red Hills Salamander.
—Mary Helene Hall | Mhall@al.com, al, 17 July 2023
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Our thoughts are first and foremost with the victims, their families and loved ones.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 18 Oct. 2023
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Craig Melvin is many things, but the Today host is first and foremost a Southerner.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 2 May 2024
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Tell me about your beauty tips–any rules or gold standards, first and foremost?
—Nick Remsen, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2024
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While Yeti is first and foremost a brand for those who love the outdoors, Yeti is also a go-to brand for tailgaters across the country.
—Josie Howell | Jhowell@al.com, al, 25 Aug. 2023
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But Williams was, first and foremost, a winner, one of the most dominant ever.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2024
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The film is sold first and foremost by its precise performances.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 23 Feb. 2024
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There’s smoke first and foremost on the palate, followed by notes of vanilla, lemon, rubber, and black pepper.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2023
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Sarah Wyman: Yeah, Mary Willard was first and foremost a professor of chemistry.
—Sarah Wyman, Scientific American, 27 June 2024
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Cookie Week is first and foremost about joy — about getting in the kitchen and expressing your love through food.
—Vaughn Vreeland David Marchese, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2023
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Every artist of any tribe is first and foremost a storyteller.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 22 June 2024
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But the essential character of a mead is defined first and foremost by the honey used as a base.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Aug. 2023
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There were plenty of retail gigs, first and foremost, as Coughlan struggled to make ends meet in her late 20s.
—Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 13 June 2024
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Getting it right starts, first and foremost, with the four coaches who strode to the podium one by one Thursday in the McKay Center.
—Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 15 Feb. 2024
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One thing Kroll realized is that Brooks’ movies are funny first and foremost.
—Gregory Ellwood, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
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Choose The Cart Consider, first and foremost, the material that's right for you.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2023
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The 50-year-old is described in his online obituary as first and foremost a father.
—Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 24 June 2024
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And that really is first and foremost the reason David vs. Goliath became an all-time great.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 18 May 2023
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To all the brides-to-be reading this, first and foremost, congratulations!
—Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 29 July 2023
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Voles are, first and foremost, an important food source for foxes, owls, and other wildlife.
—Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 5 Sep. 2023
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The right trail running apparel, first and foremost, depends on the weather.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 5 Oct. 2023
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Fly Me to the Moon director Greg Berlanti doesn’t think of himself as a director first and foremost.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2024
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While the Ionians are known, first and foremost, for Corfu, the six other main islands hold their own and attract their fair share of tourists, too.
—Eleni N. Gage, Travel + Leisure, 1 Apr. 2024
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