first place
Example Sentences
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Aid returning to Ituri with Ebola-specific funding would be more effective if public health aid simply hadn’t left in the first place.
From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026
Bass, who is running for a second four-year term, was in first place on election night and has held on to her perch since then.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
The pieces were on loan from a Bucharest museum, whose head was promptly sacked for lending the works out in the first place.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
It’s that it contains many of the flavors that make ranch appealing in the first place: alliums, herbs, dairy richness and acidity.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
Or, wait . . . maybe she wasn’t really there in the first place?
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
