at first blush
Example Sentences
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Thomas’ dissent is, in many respects, more emotionally complex than either his admirers or his critics, like me, were at first blush ready to admit.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
Some hedge funds are shorting shares that at first blush don’t seem very related to the fighting, such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026
Even then, his "logic" falls apart at first blush.
From Salon ● May 18, 2024
The whole idea of a tourist attraction built as a guileless ode to love, and shrine to a Slovak poem, may strike you, at first blush, as defying both rhyme and reason.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2024
Superstar lawyers and math whizzes and software entrepreneurs appear at first blush to lie outside ordinary experience.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
