above all

adverb

: before every other consideration : especially

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With these caveats in mind, try experimenting to find out what works best for you—and pay attention to your body’s cues above all. Caroline Tien, SELF, 6 June 2025 Venus enters Taurus and your seventh house of commitments on June 6, heightening your desire for harmony, connection, and above all, security. Valerie Mesa, People.com, 6 June 2025 Looming above all this is a banner of a Muppetized Jim Henson. Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 June 2025 As for most stateside enthusiasts, there’s one specific contest in the event’s 92 editions that stands above all others—the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans, when the Blue Oval prevailed over the Prancing Horse with a podium sweep immortalized in Hollywood’s 2019 blockbuster Ford v Ferrari. Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 2 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for above all

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 13 Jun. 2025.

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