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• Here in Texas, the state religion holds first dibs on our hearts.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 1 Sep. 2023
• Disney super fans with deep pockets get first dibs on the trips, all of which will take place in 2024.
  — Daniel S. Levine, Peoplemag, 14 June 2023
• Disney super fans with deep pockets get first dibs on the trips, all of which will take place in 2024.
  — Daniel S. Levine, Peoplemag, 14 June 2023
• But if the tree roots are topped with grass, the turf gets first dibs on water and other resources, and less is available to the tree.
  — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2022
• Emily would like to have some of the shrapnel as souvenirs, but the FHI has first dibs on them, as evidence.
  — Jerry Adler, Good Housekeeping, 14 July 2022
• Holders of the Vail Resorts Epic Pass will get first dibs on reservation slots.
  — Mary Holland, Travel + Leisure, 25 Dec. 2020
• The fear is that the greedy carp would claim first dibs on the microscopic food supply, and that their effects would cascade.
  — Jeff Wheelwright, Discover Magazine, 24 June 2012
• The worst professional teams get first dibs on picking the best players.
  — Star Tribune, 11 Jan. 2021
• Ssense gets first dibs on the new collections its audience craves.
  — New York Times, 16 Dec. 2021
• To get ahead of the competition (and give you first dibs on all the best deals of the year), the mega-retailer is slashing prices weeks before Black Friday.
  — Jake Smith, Glamour, 31 Oct. 2022
• The Kentucky Court of Appeals would normally take first dibs on any appeal.
  — Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 2 Nov. 2020
• As Jaquez lingered on the court to complete an interview, first dibs on blowing out the candles went to Bailey.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2023
• Part of Acclaim's deal with Midway was that Acclaim got first dibs on converting their new coin-op video games.
  — David L. Craddock, Ars Technica, 2 Apr. 2022
• To settle the Abbott vs. Liberty beef, Ava suggests a relay race between the teachers to decide who gets the first dibs on the slide.
  — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 16 May 2024
• Rust’s financiers would have had first dibs on the proceeds as unsecured creditors.
  — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2022
• By giving others first dibs on the helicopters, Greenbaum had earned substantial good will on board.
  — David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022
• As part of the first-look agreement, Chalamet can make movies elsewhere, but Warner Bros. will get first dibs on backing his potential projects.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 26 Mar. 2024
• Estate sales, flea markets, other dealers who give me first dibs on something that works for my core aesthetic.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 2 Dec. 2022
• The mega-retailer has decided to slash prices weeks before the competition to account for major supply-chain issues—and give you first dibs on all the best deals of the year.
  — Talia Abbas, Glamour, 25 Nov. 2021
• Having conducted transactions with 3.5 million customers over the years, 1stDibs, as its name implies, has first dibs on the best one-of-a-kind art and antiques in demand today.
  — Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2021
• Then, too, the trees will have first dibs on supplemental water and any applied fertilizer.
  — oregonlive, 5 Sep. 2020
• Tickets began at $250 a person for first dibs on Saturday morning and ratcheted down throughout the weekend.
  — Curbed, 25 Apr. 2022
• The park opened its reservation system Monday morning to season passholders, who get first dibs on the park for the first two days of operation this summer.
  — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 29 June 2020
• For months, fans with and without tickets have been obsessed with procuring concert merchandise, sometimes camping out overnight to get first dibs on the most coveted items.
  — Matt Stevens, New York Times, 27 May 2023
• For months, fans with and without tickets have been obsessed with procuring concert merchandise, sometimes camping out overnight to get first dibs on the most coveted items.
  — Matt Stevens, New York Times, 27 May 2023
• The park is going ahead, and opened its reservation system Monday morning to season passholders, who get first dibs on the park for the first two days of operation this summer.
  — cleveland, 30 June 2020
• Its weekly lab meeting, where mentees presented their science to the group, drew so many visitors from other labs that Sabatini had to make a rule that his lab members had first dibs on the supply of chairs.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2023
• Chancellor McCormick, who has first dibs on any proceeding that comes before the court, chose herself of among a court of seven judges to oversee one of the most high profile corporate court battles in years.
  — Lauren Hirsch, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2022
• For a contribution of any size, the emails promise all sorts of benefits: first dibs on new Trump paraphernalia, exclusive memberships, a Trump Card and more.
  — Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2022
• Not only would doctors get first dibs on new health care technologies, their organizations would see windfalls if those startups hit it big.
  — Tara Bannow, STAT, 22 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024