at first blush
Example Sentences
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As logical as this might seem at first blush, it could ultimately prove to be misguided, according to one top Wall Street strategist.
From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026
This may seem like a paradox at first blush.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026
Memories get classified in ways that seem at first blush straightforward.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
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
It may seem at first blush that cooperating with the system while urging good behavior is the only option available, but in reality it is not a liberation strategy at all.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
