first choice
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Raya returned to Blackburn and made appearances in the Championship, but had to wait until the club's relegation to League One to become first choice in 2017.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
His first choice of prime minister was also dismissed by the courts on a seemingly trivial pretext.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
The college you went to, Harvard, which isn’t the first choice that would come to mind for somebody from a farm in Nebraska.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Applicants worry that if they don’t switch, UChicago will think the school isn’t their first choice and reject them.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
It wouldn’t have been my first choice, given the man-eating sheep on the other side, but at the moment that looked better than this side of the chasm, and it gave me an idea.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
