first occurrence
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“If the radiologist had carefully reviewed both breast mammograms at the first occurrence, I would have skipped the lumpectomy and radiation and gone straight for bilateral mastectomies.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
Federal biologists on Thursday confirmed the presence of a lethal fungus known as white-nose syndrome in Washington, the first occurrence in western North America of the disease that has killed roughly 7 million bats.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2024
Also alarming was the California Fivespined Ips beetle’s first occurrence in Western Washington.
From Seattle Times • May 19, 2024
Based in large part on three major clinical trials published in 2018, international guidelines no longer recommend the routine use of aspirin to prevent the first occurrence of heart attack or stroke.
From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2024
After many years some sudden event recalls the great crises of any life with all the vividness of their first occurrence.
From Scottish sketches by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
