first choice
Example Sentences
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Tennessee is the company’s first choice for a new home, people familiar with the company’s thinking have said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
"My first choice was Manchester and then my second was Liverpool, so I knew I could commute," she says, adding that the price of accommodation would have been "a few grand a year".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Many young workers, in particular, will need to take jobs at less prestigious companies or choose lower-level occupations that were not their first choice, simply to get their foot in the door.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Pedro Porro was first choice right-back and, with Marcos Llorente and Marc Pubill also able to cover that position, Mingueza was left to rue what might have been.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
It would always be my first choice to sit for several hours every day in a hospital, but it turns out that nursing staffs have a problem with that.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
