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It was widely suspected that among Kennedy’s first orders of business would be to do away with vaccines.

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Her first order of business, however, is pitting the scowling Ritter and bland, industrious Wittmers, who had managed a bearable distance so far, against each other.

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Rebuilding individual houses is of course the first order of business.

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When the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan three years ago, one of the group’s first orders of business was to systematically erase women’s rights.

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Right now, the first order of business is to shake off the defeat and confront the challenge of Donald Trump's ghastly agenda.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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