first place
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"We have managed to produce the muonium atoms in a 'cold' state, which is what makes the gravity experiment possible in the first place," says Soter.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
A professional can help you parse your options, and maybe even remind you both of what drew you to each other in the first place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Then I asked myself why I was playing Mitch-truther in the first place.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026
Pointing to a recent social media post from Hall promoting a competition which he claimed had undersold, she adds: "I'm pretty sure that behaviour got him into the mess in the first place."
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Michael suspected that the reason Gibby had offered to babysit in the first place was that her father was the reason Michael’s mom lost her job.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
