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at first blush



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As logical as this might seem at first blush, it could ultimately prove to be misguided, according to one top Wall Street strategist.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

This may seem like a paradox at first blush.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

Some hedge funds are shorting shares that at first blush don’t seem very related to the fighting, such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

The whole idea of a tourist attraction built as a guileless ode to love, and shrine to a Slovak poem, may strike you, at first blush, as defying both rhyme and reason.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2024

We spend so much time celebrating the importance and power of family influence that it may seem, at first blush, that this can’t be true.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell




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