first blush
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At first blush, his lifetime Wins Above Replacement of 0.3 would indicate that he’s little better than the fictional minor league “replacement player” to which MLB players are compared in calculating the statistic.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
"At first blush, this case may not seem momentous," said Koh from the trade union confederation.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
This may seem like a paradox at first blush.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026
Some hedge funds are shorting shares that at first blush don’t seem very related to the fighting, such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026
At first blush it didn’t seem to make sense to Joe that a kid like Day would have any reason to work in a place as dirty and dangerous as the coulee.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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