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Recent Examples of uppermost Even with the wheels starting to come off the British empire (this show is basically a Downton prequel), a place in English nobility will give the Russell heiress an otherwise unattainable level of social power, stationing her on the uppermost echelon of global influence. Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025 The fake pool has been designed to imitate the uppermost twenty feet of the real one as closely as possible, down to the contours of its sides, which are made not from rock but from plastic foam sealed with fibreglass. Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025 With those power conduits out of the way, the uppermost levels can connect better to smaller hybrid-bonding bond pads, TSMC researchers calculate. IEEE Spectrum, 11 Aug. 2024 The colorway blends neutral shades of black, gray and brown, finishing off with a near-white filling in the uppermost portion of the pair. Riley Jones, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for uppermost
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Adjective
  • The duo, neither of which was born when Napier first began coaching in 2003, took advantage of Texas’ top cornerback, Malik Muhammed, missing the game.
    Noah White, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The Baltimore Ravens entered the 2025 NFL season expected to be one of the league's top Super Bowl contenders.
    Jacob Camenker, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Temperatures are expected to be 20-25 degrees above normal, reaching into the upper 80s and 90s.
    Brandi D. Addison, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Gavin Williams Skubal took the upper-hand in Game 1.
    Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Uppermost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uppermost. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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