as in originally
in the beginning
firstly, gather all the ingredients together
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Its success leads her to rebel, firstly through passionate love affairs with women and then by reclaiming her authorship.
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Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2025
For the outgoing, 82-year-old president, the challenge is firstly to manage the federal response and, secondly, to give voice to public sorrow and angst about the events.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
Simon Johnson has spent the majority of his career as a sports reporter since 2000 covering Chelsea, firstly for Hayters and then the London Evening Standard.
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This was a man who had lengthy experience in surviving far from luxuriant conditions, firstly from his time living with the destitute of Paris and London as part of his first successful non-fiction volume and secondly as a fighter for the Republican cause in the Spanish Civil War.
—Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 15 Nov. 2024
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Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2025
For the outgoing, 82-year-old president, the challenge is firstly to manage the federal response and, secondly, to give voice to public sorrow and angst about the events.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
Simon Johnson has spent the majority of his career as a sports reporter since 2000 covering Chelsea, firstly for Hayters and then the London Evening Standard.
—Simon Johnson, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
This was a man who had lengthy experience in surviving far from luxuriant conditions, firstly from his time living with the destitute of Paris and London as part of his first successful non-fiction volume and secondly as a fighter for the Republican cause in the Spanish Civil War.
—Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 15 Nov. 2024
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