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
Locate the two uppermost stars — Merak and Dubhe — and draw an imaginary line from the former through the latter and out into space.
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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 17 Feb. 2026
Her record won’t be matched for some time, as the runners-up – Drake and Mariah Carey – are steady with their 24 placements inside the uppermost tier.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Slow-attack tones emerge and are subsumed back within the haze, like single strands of a spiderweb zooming in and out of focus; the uppermost reaches are suffused in a delicate scrim of what sounds like electronic crickets.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 14 Jan. 2026
But the uppermost part is constructed of sheets of metal mesh, allowing light to stream down from above, all the way to the main floor.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 14 Dec. 2025
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Anthony Wood, Space.com, 17 Feb. 2026
Her record won’t be matched for some time, as the runners-up – Drake and Mariah Carey – are steady with their 24 placements inside the uppermost tier.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Slow-attack tones emerge and are subsumed back within the haze, like single strands of a spiderweb zooming in and out of focus; the uppermost reaches are suffused in a delicate scrim of what sounds like electronic crickets.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 14 Jan. 2026
But the uppermost part is constructed of sheets of metal mesh, allowing light to stream down from above, all the way to the main floor.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 14 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uppermost
Adjective
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The Heat needs to finish among the East’s top six teams to clinch a playoff spot and avoid the play-in tournament.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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The top two Democrats in Congress, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, are also listed as plaintiffs in the lawsuit.—
Jacob Rosen,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Gauthier, who leads the Pacific Division-leading Ducks with 38 goals and 65 points, suffered an upper-body injury on a cross-check late in the first and did not return.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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For Kardashian, workouts are typically split between lower-body strength days—focusing on legs and glutes—and upper-body and core sessions, with the occasional full-body circuit mixed in.—
Ciara Lucas,
SELF,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Uppermost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uppermost. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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