first papers
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of first papers
An Americanism dating back to 1910–15
Example Sentences
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Laurence Kotlikoff, a Boston University economist, has known Summers since graduate school and coauthored one of the first papers Summers published in an academic journal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Ankita Patnaik, an economist at Mathematica Policy Research in Washington DC, authored one of the first papers studying QPIP.
From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2018
In my “Political Development of Western Europe” course this semester, which is essentially an extended reflection on the origins of fascism and democracy, students are writing their first papers.
From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2017
It will go live later this month, once its first papers have undergone review.
From Nature • Jan. 3, 2016
I had every intention of completing the process of becoming an American citizen, which I had begun by taking out "first papers."
From With the Turks in Palestine by Aaronsohn, Alexander
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