above all

adverb

: before every other consideration : especially

Examples of above all in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Ultimately, major profits came from feeding an industrializing world’s hunger for coal and, above all, oil. Adam Hochschild, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2024 Boosters in 2006 hoped to use the NFL's Big Game — much like current Mayor Mike Duggan hopes to use this week's NFL draft — as an opportunity to introduce the world to a Detroit that is new and better and, above all, safe. Detroit Free Press, 22 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for above all 

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Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of above all was in the 14th century

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“Above all.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/above%20all. Accessed 3 May. 2024.

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