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- adjective Happening for the first time; doing something for the first time.
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Examples
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Reviews that length are unheard of for no-name first-time authors, let alone no-name first-time authors writing self-serving autobiographies.
HAVE YOU SEEN MY COUNTRY LATELY? JERRY DOYLE 2010
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Seven out of 11 UK regions have been dubbed "first-time buyer black spots" by property website Rightmove, which found that the number of people in the market for a first home has fallen nearly 10pc since July 2009.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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In Massachusetts, first-time burglars were branded on the forehead with the letter B; second offenders were branded and whipped; a third offense made one “incorrigible” and, therefore, subject to death.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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New York (CNNMoney. com) – The number of first-time filers for unemployment insurance fell last week to a nearly 15-month low, according to a government report released Wednesday.
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The number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment insurance, however, fell last week to their lowest level this year.
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I try to discern in what way this temazcal might have changed him, but Julio does them so regularly, it would be impossible to tell for a first-time observer.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011
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Policy Council is a magical place, too … a place where our founding editor has been known to give first-time swallowers the help they need.
Ummmm … 2011
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Although we still have a ways to go, unemployment claims fortunately FELL last week to a 15-month low from first-time filers.
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The federal government is literally handing out $8,000 to first-time homebuyers and $4,500 to people trading in old cars for new ones.
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The federal government is literally handing out $8,000 to first-time homebuyers and $4,500 to people trading in old cars for new ones.
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