from the first

idiom

: from the beginning
I've loved her from the first.

Examples of from the first in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Düsseldorf’s finest were all business from the first minute of the show, which kicked off at precisely the advertised time. Andrew Barker, Variety, 22 May 2024 Recipients from the first group in 1983 who grew up in subsidized housing are now working in professional fields. Lisa Vernon Sparks, Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2024 This is far from the first significant battle that has been waged against OpenAI, though Johannson’s may be the most high-profile. Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 21 May 2024 This surge was buoyed by inflation data that was broadly in line with expectations, easing concerns from the first quarter about resuming price pressures and bolstering investor expectations for potential interest rate cuts. Detroit Free Press, 18 May 2024 Founded by the brother-sister team of Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton, the company name was derived from the first two letters of their last names: st+ax= Stax. Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2024 Two of the vessels bore Aramaic inscriptions that have been associated with the period from the first to the fourth century. Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 10 May 2024 Instead of the players teeing off in succession from the first tee early in the morning, the PGA Tour shifted to a noontime, split-tee start, sending 12 groups of three off the front nine, and another 11 off the 10th tee. Justin Pelletier, Charlotte Observer, 10 May 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

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“From the first.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/from%20the%20first. Accessed 28 May. 2024.

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