first place
Example Sentences
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True, but then why does he publicly issue these threats in the first place?
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
Maybe, just maybe, the selling pressure due to SpaceX’s capital raise is over—if it were ever a thing in the first place.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
Portugal move up to the first place, with five of their expected starting team having made more than 50 starts in the last 12 months.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
The company made headlines this week for plucking downed pilots out of peril, but its larger goal is to keep servicemembers out of harm’s way in the first place.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Maya-Jade with her technically three mothers to hear my story in the first place.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
