first base

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Recent Examples of first base There was also the problem of whether the would-be players were physically strong enough to even make it to first base. Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025 Pasquantino, 28, experienced a hallmark season at first base and provided production in the middle of the Royals’ order. Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025 Clement took the ball to second base himself and whipped the ball towards first base for a would-be inning-ending double play. Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025 The Phillies' reliever could have gathered himself and thrown to first base to record the final out of the inning but instead threw to home. Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for first base
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Noun
  • That day Lahaina, the cultural heart of West Maui, became ground zero of America’s deadliest wildfire in more than a century.
    Josh Green, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The last two have been described as ground zero for the devastation.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • After trying all three, stick with the one that worked best for you (or go back to drawing board).
    Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Winter Park is back to the drawing board in charting a path forward for its former library, which sits within shouting distance of Park Avenue.
    Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2023
Noun
  • The article alleges that Gretchen liked a bunch of posts critical of the LGBTQIA+ community, one that every Housewife around that table and Real Housewives as an institution has supported from the very beginning.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
  • At the end, Lydie visits Agnes with the manifestation of the news Agnes received at the beginning of the film— the baby is finally here.
    Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Keith Cox, currently President of MTVE Studios & Showtime and a champion of Yellowstone since day one, will continue to oversee our expansive lineup of shows from the Taylorverse and will report to me.
    Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
  • This laid the groundwork for the Giris to launch Vottera as an ROC brand from day one.
    Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Moreover, Ohtani is the only player in postseason history with at least one pitching start and multiple home runs in a single postseason.
    Valentina Martinez, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025
  • If what once felt easy starts to get complicated, don’t be discouraged.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • At the outset of his trip Haeckel was still shaken from the death, probably by suicide, of one of his professors, the esteemed physician and marine biologist Johannes Müller.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • What is clear from the outset is Pluribus’ global scale, which required a much larger canvas than Gilligan had ever been given.
    Judy Berman, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The World Health Organization has set a global target of reducing the levels of physical inactivity in adults and adolescents by 10 percent by 2025 and 15 percent by 2030, relative to the 2010 baseline.
    Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • But the literal definition of resilience is the ability of a system to return to its original baseline after being disturbed.
    Big Think, Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025

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“First base.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/first%20base. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.

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