first thing
Example Sentences
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“With the advent of buy-now-pay-later, we are further and further away from doing the first thing: Buy what you can afford.”
From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026
"The first thing is to put an end to the death and destruction," the official told AFP on custom of anonymity.
From Barron's • May 14, 2026
As of first thing this morning, that remained his plan.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
"The first thing we saw, which was super bizarre and we didn't expect, was that there were filopodia everywhere," Harnett says.
From Science Daily • May 6, 2026
The first thing he saw was the black dog asleep in a dog bed.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
