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Applications go first to peer experts, who evaluate scholarly merit.

From Slate • May 14, 2026

If there was a decision to make or a task to do, I wanted to see what happened when I let AI go first.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

She added: "He wanted me to go first. I told him he could go first."

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

Steenburgen: No, what I’ve said is, “If I go first, people will be lining up.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

“Funny—well, I’ll go first thing for glasses. Yes, what does it say?”

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck