at first
Example Sentences
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These drugs can work well at first, but nearly all patients eventually develop resistance.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at first extended condolences for the “measles-associated” deaths.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
At that time, he also worked the night shift at a grocery store for two-and-a-half years, earning $12.50 an hour at first and then working his way up to $20.50 an hour.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
Audrey describes the moment they met at a gathering for donor conceived activists in 2010 as "love at first sight" - but was this connection a romantic or genetic attraction?
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
It wasn’t loud at first because it was directed more to herself than to Duane.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
