first place
Example Sentences
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Aid returning to Ituri with Ebola-specific funding would be more effective if public health aid simply hadn’t left in the first place.
From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026
The pieces were on loan from a Bucharest museum, whose head was promptly sacked for lending the works out in the first place.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Tuesday night, four of the six DSA-endorsed candidates in L.A. city elections were in first place by large margins and another was comfortably in second, reflecting DSA’s multicultural, citywide reach.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
It has prompted criticism of county officials who some say should have stepped in earlier to prevent the sale of the parcel in the first place.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
Gran would never have gotten into this mess in the first place.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
