first and foremost

idiom

: at the most basic level
He is first and foremost a teacher.

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Our responsibility is first and foremost to Israel. Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025 Like the original Kayoibako, the Kayoibako-K is aimed first and foremost at businesses and workers, designed to dedicate its voluminous rear cabin to delivering packages, carrying tools of a trade, working as a mobile storefront, or perhaps transporting passengers as an urban ride share vehicle. New Atlas, 30 Oct. 2025 And so my party needs to focus first and foremost on recognizing that. Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2025 Those who remember that cinema is, first and foremost, an art form — and those who are content to see it merely as another audiovisual sub-product. Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for first and foremost

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“First and foremost.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20and%20foremost. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.

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