first-time
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
It’ll be on first-time coordinator Michael Hutchings, who was the Minnesota Vikings’ safeties coach for the last three years, to put together a competent defense.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
And they “look more like what first-time home buyers looked like in previous generations.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
That “certainly will reduce affordability, particularly for the potential first-time home buyer,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Videos of first-time buyers ripping rare cards on TikTok have racked up millions of views, and new collectors have sprung up everywhere as a result of the fandom reaching fresh audiences on social media.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
Coming in second isn’t so bad for a first-time pageant girl, I guess.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
