as in highest
being at a point or level higher than all others
the uppermost floor of the house gets very hot in the summer
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Recent Examples of uppermost
Four additional bedrooms on the uppermost two floors each have a private bath.
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Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 13 Apr. 2026
The metal tip was nestling against the uppermost layer of his nail.
—Kate Crane, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2026
Completed a month earlier than expected, steel spires were placed atop the twin Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that brought their uppermost point to be 33 feet higher than the Sears’ roof.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
Highly unusual in her work, the scratched paint becomes worn off entirely at the uppermost bend of the green tube, exposing the raw steel below like an open wound.
—Gordon Hughes, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
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Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 13 Apr. 2026
The metal tip was nestling against the uppermost layer of his nail.
—Kate Crane, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2026
Completed a month earlier than expected, steel spires were placed atop the twin Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that brought their uppermost point to be 33 feet higher than the Sears’ roof.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
Highly unusual in her work, the scratched paint becomes worn off entirely at the uppermost bend of the green tube, exposing the raw steel below like an open wound.
—Gordon Hughes, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uppermost
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In another video, Hough was seen wearing a bikini featuring a nude triangle top and black bikini bottoms while jumping on a trampoline surrounded be palm trees.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
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Here are the top stories for Thursday, May 7, 2026.—
South Florida Sun Sentinel,
Sun Sentinel,
7 May 2026
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Recently, Unitree launched a low-cost upper-body humanoid robot starting at 26,900 yuan ($ 4290), featuring modular bases and up to 31 degrees of freedom.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
12 May 2026
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Afternoon highs climb into the upper 60s to low 70s, with light winds.—
Jason Samenow,
Washington Post,
12 May 2026
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“Uppermost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uppermost. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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