first choice
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“We must be the first choice for more customers more often,” McDonald’s Chief Executive Chris Kempczinski said during the event at the company’s Chicago headquarters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
His first choice was to join Real Madrid but the La Liga giants never came in with an offer, feeling the Premier League midfielder was overpriced.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 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
Thus, the ordering 3 2 14 indicates that she meets her third choice first, her second choice second, her first choice she meets third, and her last choice last.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
