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
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
“The decision to do it in the first place, was very institution specific and I would suspect that any decision to reverse that type of a policy would be equally institution specific,” he says.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
“The ones the agents were sent in to catch in the first place? What about their missions?”
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
