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before anything else

ADVERB
principally
Synonyms
STRONGEST
basically chiefly first and foremost generally importantly largely mostly notably particularly predominantly
STRONG
primarily
WEAK
above all cardinally dominantly eminently especially essentially first of all for the most part fundamentally in the first place in the main materially peculiarly preeminently prevailingly prevalently substantially superlatively supremely to a great degree universally vitally
Antonyms
WEAK
secondarily trivially

Example Sentences

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Mari Ellis Dunning, 32, said she sought "to meet my kids with compassion before anything else".

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

To play a Latino on a long-running hit TV show fills Nuñez with pride — yet he sees himself as an actor before anything else.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025

We do everything we can right there, before anything else, to make sure that the patient is OK for now, and we don’t stop until they are as OK as we can make them.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2024

“You have to take care of your players before anything else whereas in college sport you don’t have to compensate your labor at a market rate.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2023

“Just ask the Mirror your question before anything else comes up.”

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley