How to Use from the first in a Sentence

from the first

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  • The crowd was locked in from the first beat to the last.
    R29 Team, refinery29.com, 22 July 2024
  • This film will have you on the edge of your seat from the first scene!
    Leah Hall, Country Living, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Tennessee sends out food stamps from the first of the month to the 20th of the month.
    Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Click here to see the highlights from the first auction.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 11 Jan. 2024
  • This was far from the first time Gorze came away with big wins this year.
    Nikstreng, oregonlive, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Here are the four main takeaways from the first game of the new NFL season.
    Ben Morse, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The whole soundtrack from the first two films is so brilliant.
    Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 3 July 2024
  • The challenge is that the new books are very different from the first.
    Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 9 Aug. 2024
  • That's more than a 10% increase from the first quarter of last year.
    Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The four states along the U.S.-Mexico border are slated to get more than half of the funding from the first round.
    Rafael Carranza, The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2024
  • That’s a big step up from the first race of the season at Qatar, where the car wound up five laps off the lead in 15th place.
    Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 19 Mar. 2024
  • This is far from the first time West has shared her love for all things throwback.
    Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Take a look at some of the standout highlights from the first day of Afropunk.
    Mecca Pryor, Essence, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Add two loops of in-line drip, the first 8 or 10 inches away from the trunk, and the second a foot out from the first loop.
    Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
  • What’s been the most difficult part, getting all that off the ground from the first year to now?
    J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 9 May 2024
  • Here are the highlights from the first batch of top 26 performances.
    Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2023
  • How did the Panthers and Bruins advance from the first round of the playoffs?
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 May 2024
  • But this is far from the first issue that Staten and Davis have butted heads over.
    Breanna Bell, Variety, 18 Jan. 2024
  • This is far from the first time Jenner has opted to leave her pants in the closet.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The laidback photo is far from the first that fans have seen of Gomez in recent months.
    Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Even from the beginning, from the first film, there's a lot of great people involved in the movies.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
  • This is far from the first time the couple has dealt with jealousy issues.
    Kelly Martinez, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2023
  • See the photos from the first day of classes on campus in the gallery above or below.
    Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 23 Aug. 2023
  • This is far from the first time artists have called out tech companies for their use of AI.
    Laura Bratton, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
  • As TechCrunch reports, this is far from the first suit over racial bias at Tesla.
    Bykylie Robison, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2023
  • This is far from the first time Maggie will be involved in Wheel of Fortune.
    Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 9 May 2023
  • The number of Dallas projects has declined from the first quarter of this year when more than 200 projects were in the works.
    Steve Brown, Dallas News, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Place the next circle a foot out from the first and continue adding circles a foot apart.
    Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2023
  • This is far from the first time the sister duo has coordinated dramatic, complementary styles for the red carpet.
    Maggie Clancy, WWD, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The registrar’s office has until Dec. 12 to verify the signatures from the first petition and Jan. 13 for this second one, Estanislau said.
    Michael Slaten, Orange County Register, 26 Nov. 2024

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