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Keep "uppermost" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
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9 total sentences available.
The chief baker seeing that he had wisely interpreted the dream, said: I also dreamed a dream, that I had three baskets of meal upon my head: And that in one basket which was uppermost, I carried all meats that are made by the art of baking, and that the birds ate out of it.
Source: tatoeba (7880122)
No doubt with another throw of the dice, had the black been uppermost and not the white, she would have loved Miss Kilman! But not in this world. No.
Source: tatoeba (9593804)
You'll only see them in the uppermost canopy.
Source: tatoeba (10153639)
When the lift reaches the building's uppermost floors, its ceiling light starts to flicker.
Source: tatoeba (10648343)
Showing 4 of 9 available sentences.
Closest matches include topmost, above, acmatic, acme, all-absorbing.
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