from the first

idiom

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

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Scenes slide from the first to the third person, as though the narrator is dramatizing her own story for the reader’s consumption. Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025 As Singles Day kicked off on Monday night, iPhone sales in the first two hours on Alibaba’s Tmall platform exceeded the total from the first day of last year’s event. Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025 The rule applies from the first spring to the last fall mowing. Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025 This is far from the first time the Manchester United alum has proudly shown off his backyard oasis. Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for from the first

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“From the first.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/from%20the%20first. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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