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Recent Examples of foremost Jamie Lee Curtis has taken an emotional stab at honoring her nearly 50-year history as the Spooky Season's foremost Final Girl. Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024 Both works date to the era when Mitchell was ascending as one of the foremost artists of the Abstract Expressionist movement. Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 31 Oct. 2024 The Academy Library, also known as the Margaret Herrick Library, is one of the world’s foremost research facilities for motion picture preservation and study, with more than 52 million items, including books, photographs, scripts and costume design drawings. Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024 Over the course of the two-day conference, attendees heard from some of the world’s foremost industry experts, including Kelly Craighead, CEO of the Cruise Line International Association (CLIA). Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for foremost 
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Adjective
  • The zinc gradually lost its hold on the cables suspending the telescope’s main platform over the reflector dish.
    Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • The measure’s main opponents, the state Republican Party and the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, did not appear to raise any money to campaign against the proposition.
    Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • But for how much longer?, asked Kevin Garside, chief sports correspondent for the i news site.
    Harriet Marsden, theweek, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Nate Cohn, the paper’s chief political analyst, said the Tech Guild does not play a role in the model itself but built and maintains the infrastructure that gives the Needle the necessary data.
    Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The first third of the book is largely takes place in the faux-medieval village from Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World.
    Bailey Trela, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
  • As China’s first nuclear test in 1964 prompted India to test a weapon in 1974, which in turn drove Pakistan to accelerate its nuclear program and test a weapon in 1998, in the long run, Israel’s escalating military campaign may constitute Iran’s final incentive to cross the nuclear threshold.
    Carrie A. Lee, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • That was my fault, in not sticking with the initial, less manicured way of presenting the feelings in those songs.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
  • Did the summer tour exceed your initial expectations?
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • However, it is frequently overlooked by general celebrants of the spooky holiday who are not supreme enthusiasts of the King of Pop.
    Ime Ekpo, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The supreme leader has also vowed to start stoning women to death in public again.
    Harriet Marsden, The Week UK, theweek, 30 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Theoretically, the broadcast ban was aimed at both loyalist and republican groups, but the primary target was Sinn Féin and, consequently, Gerry Adams.
    Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
  • This decrease is attributed to lower sales volume and delays in shipping from a primary supplier.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • In District 10, which Mahan represented before becoming mayor, George Casey has defeated incumbent Arjun Batra after jumping out to a commanding lead and winning 57.8% of the vote in his district, according to Friday evening’s vote tally by the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters.
    Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Gallego took a commanding early lead over Lake in the initial results.
    Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 8 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • The original films, which grossed over $1.6 billion worldwide, follow Hiccup, a young Viking who befriends a dragon named Toothless, defying tradition and changing the course of his village.
    Jordana Comiter, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
  • By design, Collision Course is a stunt release, and the mash-ups can’t possibly hold the artistic power of the original tracks.
    Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2024

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“Foremost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foremost. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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