first stab
Example Sentences
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Jenkins will therefore take the first stab at drawing new lines for the district that Latimer is running in.
From Slate • Dec. 12, 2023
This is not Wildcat's first stab at shareholder activism.
From Reuters • Jul. 12, 2023
Vallejo’s first stab at Monterey County, where he was born, had the county stretched south “almost to San Luis Obispo,” then north to “what would be, according to his map, San Francisco,” Lydon said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2023
In 2016, Zhu and his colleagues took a first stab at the task, synthesizing a mirror-image version of a polymerase from a virus.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 26, 2022
B: Vertical Chiselling; note that the first stab should be just outside the Gauge Line.
From Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. by Fairham, William
