first choice
Example Sentences
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Lowe wasn’t an obvious first choice to lead a populist rescue of the British establishment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Tennessee is the company’s first choice for a new home, people familiar with the company’s thinking have said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
"My first choice was Manchester and then my second was Liverpool, so I knew I could commute," she says, adding that the price of accommodation would have been "a few grand a year".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Many young workers, in particular, will need to take jobs at less prestigious companies or choose lower-level occupations that were not their first choice, simply to get their foot in the door.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
It wouldn’t have been my first choice, given the man-eating sheep on the other side, but at the moment that looked better than this side of the chasm, and it gave me an idea.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
