at first

Example Sentences

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It’s so recognizable because that’s always what love at first sight is.

From Los Angeles Times

Rookies straight out of the minors make close to the league minimum at first, only to see their bank accounts grow as they progress.

From The Wall Street Journal

"It was at first mainly an economic idea, about no longer paying for the rest of Canada," Boily, a professor at the University of Alberta, said of Alberta's independence movement.

From Barron's

"This is a dramatic film so it was quite an adjustment and discomfort at first."

From BBC

The accounts will at first be funded with government money, and perhaps most importantly, children can enroll when they are born.

From MarketWatch