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Applications go first to peer experts, who evaluate scholarly merit.

From Slate • May 14, 2026

So, the athlete with the lowest score will go first, and the athlete with the best qualifying score will go last.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

The grandmotherly driving of today’s Waymos conjures images of two, excessively polite Midwesterners locked at an intersection, each beckoning the other to go first, back and forth in perpetuity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025

The ascending star wanted to step back and allow Adams — a three-time All-Pro — to lead the way and go first in receiver drills.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2025

He would go first and buy a little food.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck