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paramount

/ˈpæɹəˌmaʊnt/ adjective C2
  1. Highest, supreme; also, chief, leading, pre-eminent.
  2. Of the highest importance. · Getting those credit cards paid off is paramount.
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So far as they touch on this case, absolute loyalty and truth are the ones paramount.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 37 · C1
Such experiential learning is deemed paramount for inspiring future generations to champion ecological preservation and sustainable coexistence.
The Conundrum of Captivity, p. 1 · C2
This diplomatic leverage proved paramount when the explorers reached the ancestral lands of the Shoshone, where they desperately required horses to traverse the daunting Bitterroot Mountains.
The Corps of Discovery: Science and Synergy in the American West, p. 1 · C2

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