first impression
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Plus, a U.S. president’s unfavorable first impression of a lower-ranking Xi Jinping.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
Recognizing how unusual the find was, she set out to confirm whether her first impression was correct.
From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026
In his varsity debut, sophomore second baseman Auron Blackledge of Calabasas made quite a first impression on Friday.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026
So, like you say, the first conversations... that first impression goes a long way.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
He talked very slowly and sometimes had trouble finding the right word, and the first impression of him around that gay and courtly camp was that he was rather dull-witted and not much fun.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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