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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a first order of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a primary or initial category or level of something, often in a formal or technical context.
Example: "In our analysis, we will focus on a first order of effects before considering more complex interactions."
Alternatives: "a primary level of" or "an initial category of".
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"Reforming the capital gains discount should be a first order of priority for the government".
Redressing this imbalance must be a first order of business for the new Congress.
At the start of the Calerie experiment, a first order of business was to rigorously determine how many calories each recruit ate and burned on a typical day.
"When our legislators return to the Capitol, I ask them to make the extension of unemployment benefits a first order of business.
Helping America's unemployed workers should be a first order of business in this new Congress, and it looks like it's going to be.
Speaking of a wish list, repealing the federal legislation first passed in 1996 that effectively shut down funding for gun violence research is a first order of business.
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A second order of catalyst was restrainedly proposed for polymerization.
Today the Minims have convents in Italy and Spain and a third order of laypersons in South America.
It turned out that a second order of bags had been placed only six months after a previous order.
Most new series work under an order of 22 episodes — 13 to start with and, if the network believes in it, a second order of nine.
"The actual organisation of art and music happens on a more advanced level". Naivety is gone, and there is a second order of complexity.
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