first-time

[furst-tahym]

adjective

1. used, appearing, contending, etc., for the first time.

   a first-time candidate.

Example Sentences

Dyer plays Colette, a five-year DMV veteran who is certain her days there — as a genial driving examiner trying to make it back to work unscathed as she rides shotgun with first-time drivers — won’t be forever.

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Nikki Bruner had generally avoided taking medication during pregnancy, but if other remedies didn’t sufficiently treat a severe headache, the first-time mother had no qualms about taking Tylenol.

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Meanwhile, the share of first-time home buyers is at an all-time low.

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I don’t remember any of my first-time meetings with drugs except for OxyContin.

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Sitting in a chair on Thursday night as fans came into SoFi Stadium to watch high school football games between Loyola and Gardena Serra and Leuzinger against Palos Verdes, you can hear the different reactions of first-time visitors as they climbed escalators and stairs to reach their seats.

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