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At or nearest the top of something. quotations examples
Well, to me, if you are restricting it to economic policy — because I can surely think of some noneconomic policy concerns that are more uppermost in my mind.
2005, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means, Tax reform: hearing before the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, June 8, 2005, Volume 36, Issues 109-123
As a result, it is not always an easy matter to evaluate, as an outsider, the effectiveness of a life-task strategy (i.e., sometimes the objective indicators of success and failure do not coincide with the goals most uppermost in a person's mind).
2015, Lawrence A. Pervin, Goal Concepts in Personality and Social Psychology
Highest in rank, importance, etc. quotations examples
For him, as for his colleagues, concern with priestly comportment and purity is uppermost.
2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 735
(rare) superlative form of upper: most upper
In the highest position. examples