at first sight
idiom
: when first seen or considered
It appears at first sight to be a simple matter of hiring more people.
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The stylish scion of a garment-industry family, Schier fell in love at first sight with the lobby, a double-height great room with a romantic balcony that rings the second level and a coffered Moorish ceiling.
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 14 Oct. 2025
Pierre Manevy / Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Allen said meeting Keaton was love at first sight.
—David K. Li, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025
There is also Amy Reidel’s connected two-dimensional works of acrylic and spray paint on canvas that are full of sparkle and color at first sight, but reveal complicated human figures underneath contending with love and loss in the contemporary, frequently-changing world.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
Love at first sight Earhart, then a social worker living in Boston, interviewed to be part of the three-person crew making that historic 1928 trans-Atlantic flight, and Putnam quickly spotted her potential to be his new adventure heroine.
—ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 14 Oct. 2025
Pierre Manevy / Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Allen said meeting Keaton was love at first sight.
—David K. Li, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025
There is also Amy Reidel’s connected two-dimensional works of acrylic and spray paint on canvas that are full of sparkle and color at first sight, but reveal complicated human figures underneath contending with love and loss in the contemporary, frequently-changing world.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
Love at first sight Earhart, then a social worker living in Boston, interviewed to be part of the three-person crew making that historic 1928 trans-Atlantic flight, and Putnam quickly spotted her potential to be his new adventure heroine.
—ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025
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“At first sight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20first%20sight. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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