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
This was the same journal where Bem had published one of the first papers of his career, way back in 1965.
From Slate • May 17, 2017
It will go live later this month, once its first papers have undergone review.
From Nature • Jan. 3, 2016
About 5 per cent have taken first papers.
From A Stake in the Land by Speek, Peter A. (Peter Alexander)
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