main thing

“I would say confidence is the main thing,” he said.

Eric Newcomer, a tech reporter, wrote that such a divestiture could actually strengthen other tech giants: “Chrome is the main thing keeping me from being totally locked into the Apple ecosystem on my Mac. It is also a counter to Microsoft on PC.”

Especially the 2028 presidential primary, which is the main thing the party should concern itself with for the next four years.

"In the transfer window we were looking for many options that could help us. The main thing was we looked for someone who could improve us and someone who wanted to be with us. These two things are very important," said Nuno, tellingly, in September.

Perhaps the main thing that Trump did with his administrative power during his first term — that he openly wants to do more of — is reduce the civil service, meaning the nonpolitical federal employees whom he collectively calls “the Deep State.”