Foremost
Foremost adjective - Coming before all others in importance.
Next
Next adjective - Being the one that comes immediately after another.
Both words in one sentence
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Rather than swap his battery, which would effectively kill him, Nobita spends the next 35 years becoming the world's foremost expert in robotics in order to save him, marrying Shizuka on the way.
Source: Anime / Doraemon -
However, Canada does have two major advantages in that area: first and foremost, they live right next to the United States, which has a few.
- First and foremost, MLB signed a $1.2 billion (approximately) deal with CBS for the next four years.
Source: Screwed by the Network
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