1
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
Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2025
His health will be paramount for a Jayhawks team with bowl aspirations in 2025.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 25 Aug. 2025
There’s no argument that sun protection is paramount for skin health.
—Tatayana Yomary, Essence, 19 Aug. 2025
The United States, through its dominant position in NATO, is a hegemon whose sway is paramount among the members of the alliance – which can hardly operate effectively without the agreement of Washington.
—Ronald Suny, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Navigating rainy roads: Safety tips for wet weather When heavy rain strikes, safety is paramount.
—Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2025
His health will be paramount for a Jayhawks team with bowl aspirations in 2025.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 25 Aug. 2025
There’s no argument that sun protection is paramount for skin health.
—Tatayana Yomary, Essence, 19 Aug. 2025
The United States, through its dominant position in NATO, is a hegemon whose sway is paramount among the members of the alliance – which can hardly operate effectively without the agreement of Washington.
—Ronald Suny, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paramount
Adjective
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The three main causes of hydroplaning are: Vehicle speed - When a vehicle's speed increases, the tire-traction grip and ability to control the vehicle decreases.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Aug. 2025
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His main ride is a blue 2005 TJ with a four-inch lift and some other add-ons.—
Eric D. Lawrence,
USA Today,
24 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Therefore, depth at their major position groups will be of the utmost importance this fall and winter, especially considering the injuries McCaffrey has had throughout his career.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Aug. 2025
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OpenAI’s innovator’s dilemma, one that has beset the likes of Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Apple Inc., is that usage is so entrenched now that all improvements must be carried out with the utmost care and caution.—
Parmy Olson,
Mercury News,
20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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With VMware serving approximately 200,000 customers globally, Nutanix sees most of the migration opportunity still ahead.—
Steve McDowell,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Earlier: Some Indianapolis City-County Council members are trying to strike down a nearly 50-year precedent that requires most city employees to live in Marion County.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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His personal goal was surely the vanity of wanting to have never been wrong and the superpower of always being right—George Orwell speaks of the theological nature of totalitarians, who must constantly alter the past to claim to be always right in the present.—
Rebecca Solnit
April 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2021
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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
Noun
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Why don’t all the rich potentates, sheiks, oligarchs and MAGA dictators meet and fix it?—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2025
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With the pandemic, the year-round population of a once-seasonal resort town swelled with Manhattan refugees, those in the Trump orbit, and tech and finance potentates, many of them serious collectors like Ken Griffin and Steve Ross.—
Ben Widdicombe,
Vulture,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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Forbes Business Council is the foremost growth and networking organization for business owners and leaders.—
Danny Ertel,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Frost is, by reputation, perhaps the foremost poet of rural, non-coastal New England — of birches and apple trees, of forests blanketed in snow, of pastures sliced by ragged stone walls, and of the flinty, self-sufficient kind of temperament that flourishes in those places.—
A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Each purchase covers the entrance for another community member to attend the festival, with the ultimate goal that no attendee will pay upon arrival.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Freep.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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That’s unlikely to be its ultimate peak considering the very rare run this film has had on Netflix since debuting on June 20.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
22 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Public disorder would discredit the local rulers in the eyes of their Papal overlords and possibly lead to dismissal from power.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
31 July 2025
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As a late-night host, Letterman often mocked his corporate overlords at NBC and CBS.—
William Earl,
Variety,
26 July 2025
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“Paramount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paramount. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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