first off

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Adverb
  • The drama, which stars Jared Harris as an English teacher who begins to look after his troubled student (Nicholas Hamilton), first debuted at the Heartland Film Festival back in October 2023.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Watch for Black Ice Be extra cautious on bridges, overpasses, and shaded areas, where black ice forms first.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 25 Jan. 2025
Adverb
  • Bowman Gray Stadium now has a new lighting system and a SAFER barrier, which will stay at Winston-Salem State University’s football stadium beyond this NASCAR race weekend.
    Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The Spurs improved at the margins around him this summer, adding veterans Chris Paul and Harrison Barnes to aid a young core that now includes Stephon Castle, drafted fourth in June and protected in these talks with the Kings.
    Anthony Slater, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
Adverb
  • Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, just sworn in earlier this week, said at a somber news conference at the airport early Thursday that his agency would provide all possible resources to the investigation.
    LOLITA C. BALDOR, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Fifteen hostages have been released since a ceasefire went into effect earlier this month.
    Mick Krever, CNN, 30 Jan. 2025
Adverb
  • Some tried Fire Road, an alternate evacuation route during emergencies, but before long that passage was surrounded by flames, residents said.
    Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2025
  • But when hundreds of millions of users are updating, even a very small percentage impacted is a large number of people—and those people can be vocal and can take to forums and social media to make their point, and that gets picked up and amplified, and before long there’s a perception issue.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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“First off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/first%20off. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.

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