first choice
Example Sentences
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“We must be the first choice for more customers more often,” McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 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
Giardiniera is my first choice here — jars of it seem to appear at every Chicago market — but think of the filling as a template for whatever good, spicy pickled thing you bring home.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
My heart stops beating every time I hear someone mention where they are going to school, or how excited they are because they have just been accepted to their first choice in universities.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
