How to Use in the first place in a Sentence

in the first place

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• This is what got us here in the first place.
  — Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2026
• And why was he picked up in the first place?
  — Bo Evans, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2026
• How did the group of whales form in the first place?
  — ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
• Don’t let food get stuck to it in the first place.
  — Emily Johnson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
• Some go out of their way to hide the habit in the first place.
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
• It was never known in the first place.
  — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2026
• How do fatbergs form in the first place?
  — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 25 Aug. 2025
• Or why he was detained in the first place.
  — Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
• That’s why Daboll made this change in the first place.
  — Charlotte Carroll, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
• Thank you for thinking of it in the first place.
  — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
• Why was his house raided in the first place?
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
• Don’t put yourself at risk in the first place.
  — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
• They were never planned to be there in the first place.
  — NBC news, 5 Oct. 2025
• That’s why there is antitrust law in the first place.
  — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 May 2026
• Where did all this chatter come from in the first place?
  — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 26 Feb. 2026
• Why would a squirrel pick up a vape in the first place?
  — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2026
• But how do some shooters come to be in the first place?
  — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
• Why do people think there’s beef in the first place?
  — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
• That would require it to be a thought in the first place.
  — Dana O'Neil, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
• Second, there is an eight-course menu in the first place.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2025
• But then, what were any of us doing here in the first place?
  — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
• Perhaps that’s what draws them to the sport in the first place.
  — Maya Silver, Outside, 25 Feb. 2026
• That hope is what drove her to share the story in the first place.
  — Ashley Vega, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
• Self-care is what keeps you from breaking down in the first place.
  — Tess Brigham, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
• But what might've turned them against each other in the first place?
  — Jack Irvin, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
• After all, that’s why the buck picked this spot in the first place.
  — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 22 Nov. 2024
• Want to get rid of fruit flies — or prevent them in the first place?
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
• Why did protests engulf Iran in the first place?
  — Darian Woods, NPR, 17 Feb. 2026
• But that's what should have been required for the hype in the first place.
  — Chase Goodbread, The Tuscaloosa News, 3 Sep. 2025
• This is only the best of the best get to even go there in the first place.
  — Outside Online, 15 Oct. 2025