first-time
adjective
1
: doing something for the first time
first-time homebuyers
a first-time visitor
a first-time author
2
: done for the first time
The punishment for a first-time offense of this kind is a fine.
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Figures from the National Association of Realtors show that only 24% of housing sales last year were by first-time homebuyers — down from 50% in 2010.
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Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
Most first-time visitors will typically stick to the trails within the main amphitheater area along the first three miles of the park road.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 8 Dec. 2025
Nick Cave and the National’s Bryce Dessner, meanwhile, became first-time Golden Globe nominees.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 8 Dec. 2025
Many of these newborns go home with first-time parents, such as the more than 75,000 women in the Netherlands who became mothers for the first time in 2023, according to Statistics Netherlands.
—Maria Bolevich, Interesting Engineering, 7 Dec. 2025
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Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
Most first-time visitors will typically stick to the trails within the main amphitheater area along the first three miles of the park road.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 8 Dec. 2025
Nick Cave and the National’s Bryce Dessner, meanwhile, became first-time Golden Globe nominees.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 8 Dec. 2025
Many of these newborns go home with first-time parents, such as the more than 75,000 women in the Netherlands who became mothers for the first time in 2023, according to Statistics Netherlands.
—Maria Bolevich, Interesting Engineering, 7 Dec. 2025
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“First-time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first-time. Accessed 9 Dec. 2025.
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