first and last
idiom
: at the most basic level : in all respects
This is first and last a matter of national security.
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Voters will have to enter their first and last names and date of birth to find their polling location if they are registered to vote in the state.
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Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2025
Their overall eating window—the number of hours between first and last meal—also narrowed.
—Fran Kritz, Health, 28 Oct. 2025
The company is headed by Veronica Swanson Beard and Veronica Miele Beard, who not only share the same first and last names but also an office at 26 West 17th Street in New York.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
In a new ad for Pantalones Organic Tequila, McConaughey, 55, revisited his first and last run-in with Texas police on October 25, 1999, alongside his wife, Camila, when he was arrested in his home while playing bongo drums and smoking marijuana naked.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
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Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2025
Their overall eating window—the number of hours between first and last meal—also narrowed.
—Fran Kritz, Health, 28 Oct. 2025
The company is headed by Veronica Swanson Beard and Veronica Miele Beard, who not only share the same first and last names but also an office at 26 West 17th Street in New York.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
In a new ad for Pantalones Organic Tequila, McConaughey, 55, revisited his first and last run-in with Texas police on October 25, 1999, alongside his wife, Camila, when he was arrested in his home while playing bongo drums and smoking marijuana naked.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
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“First and last.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20and%20last. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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