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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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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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as in Big Brother
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Recent Examples of paramount
R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
Our tester, Alexandra, spends a lot of time swimming and working out, so a formula that tackles grease and sweat is paramount in her routine.
—Olivia Rose Rushing, InStyle, 7 Jan. 2026
The Patriots were not considered a deep team heading into the 2025 season, so staying healthy was paramount and is one of the key reasons why that turnaround happened.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
Impressing her mom, for Foster, was paramount.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 7 Jan. 2026
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If hospitality is paramount for you, be creative about finding a way to do it.
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And one of its main ingredients was a hair product – Afro Sheen.—
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Then the Orion capsule will fire up its main thruster and shoot off towards the Moon on its 240,000-mile, four-day journey.—
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Season 1 and 2 contestant Kate Chastain told Vanity Fair in January 2023 that the production even employed security guards to ensure utmost secrecy.—
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Zannelli assured the public that officers acted immediately, that integrity is of the utmost importance and that the department can be trusted.—
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Season 4 of The Traitors has proven to be an inhospitable one for gamers, with the first two murder victims being Big Brother and Survivor legends.—
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Hosted by Alan Cumming, the fourth season of the hit reality competition show unites 23 stars from iconic franchises like Survivor and Big Brother to Real Housewives, RuPaul's Drag Race and more.—
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The defendants purchased at least 46 firearms between May 2024 and February 2025, most of which were the same make and model as the firearms recovered in the Dominican Republic, a press release on the charges said.—
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But Malinin reached this precipice thanks largely to the part of him that most resembles legendary athletes.—
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But, ten years later, his embrace of near-totalitarian control bears the deep imprint of his most personal beliefs about force, weakness, faith, and order.—
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But that would not address the fundamental goal of the protests: to end the totalitarian stranglehold that has subjected the Cubans to an unbearable serfdom.—
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My colleague Jeff, one of the foremost space experts in the world, just published a feature on the efforts to build data centers in space.—
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Many of the city’s foremost bakers — including Sherry Yard, Nancy Silverton, Sumi Chang — brought cookies to share.—
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She was found not guilty by reason of insanity in 2006 and was placed in a maximum-security psychiatric center in Texas, where she's resided ever since.—
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For maximum coziness, the Skechers Women’s Cozy Escape Snow Puff Slip-ins are like a hug for your feet, with memory foam cushioning and faux fur trim lining the booties.—
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Biden put this sentiment into action by working with Netanyahu despite serious moral and political failures in Gaza, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on NATO expansion, and with Gulf potentates on the region’s security architecture.—
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Why don’t all the rich potentates, sheiks, oligarchs and MAGA dictators meet and fix it?—
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“Paramount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paramount. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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