paramount
adjective
chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent.
paramountcy
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a word derived from
paramount.
Example Sentences
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If it signs up to that, to the end of cover-ups, to clarity about the paramountcy of children’s protection, then change might finally be coming.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 21, 2019
It cannot be claimed that, under the circumstances existing in South Africa, good will result from this tremendous struggle for existence and paramountcy between two white races.
From On the Heels of De Wet by Lionel James
Sea-strength and paramountcy might not wholly come to be measured in terms of thickness of the armour-plating—in calibre of the great guns.
From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by David W. (David William) Bone
The secret vote also rests on a vast assumption—that of the universal paramountcy of conscience and honesty in electors—which paramountcy is as scarce as political heroism.
From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) by George Jacob Holyoake
But Bonaparte would not tolerate the domination of the black conqueror, and despatched an expedition to San Domingo to overthrow his government and establish French paramountcy.
From Terre Napoleón; a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia by Ernest Scott
