first blush
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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, the storm did less damage to the electric grid than feared.
From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026
At first blush, ChatGPT provided a useful first cut even though, for this exercise, I only analyzed three of the six plans that met my criteria.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 26, 2025
We spend so much time celebrating the importance and power of family influence that it may seem, at first blush, that this can’t be true.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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