first place
Example Sentences
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After all, that’s how we got Kim 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
That is a big reason many companies extended coverage of the popular drugs to weight-loss use—and not just diabetes treatment—in the first place.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
Or, wait . . . maybe she wasn’t really there in the first place?
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
