as in first
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for first off
Adverb
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The 1933 Chesapeake–Potomac Hurricane (six 1933 on the U.S. landfall map) is very similar to Hurricane Isabel in 2003, making landfall on the Outer Banks in North Carolina first before racing inland.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025 -
Redshirt junior Amy Wier’s score was first recorded as 9.5500, with a start value of 9.7000.—
Henry Chappell,
Kansas City Star,
20 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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The industry has already swallowed price increases and made supply-chain shifts where possible, professionals say, and higher prices will now hit consumers, likely slowing growth in a part of the economy that’s made up of lots of small, even mom-and-pop, businesses.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2025
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Santos made the grave error of not just lying about his background to voters — which while unethical and unsavory is not a crime — but embezzling donor funds for personal expenses and lying to Congress, among other things, which are chargeable offenses that have now resulted in his conviction.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Fox Sports earlier this year ran promos featuring Josef Newgarden, who has won the Indianapolis 500 back to back on two separate occasions, along with Tom Brady, Fox Sports’ lead NFL analyst, to win fans for IndyCar.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
24 Apr. 2025
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This will be the largest crowd ever for a Bananas game, eclipsing the 65,000 that watched a game earlier this year in Tampa.—
Scott Soshnick,
Sportico.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Otherwise, these imbalances can thwart competition, and before long, capitalism slides into corporatism, the domination of the economy by a handful of powerful groups.—
Jennifer M. Harris,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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There is a belief he could be elevated into Emery’s squad before long, having made his senior debut off the bench in September’s Carabao Cup game away to Wycombe Wanderers of League One and joined the first team on that recent Dubai training trip.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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“First off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/first%20off. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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