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The phrase "a first source for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an initial or primary reference point for information or research on a particular topic.
Example: "The article serves as a first source for understanding the impact of climate change on marine life."
Alternatives: "an initial reference for" or "a primary source for".
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As a result, television and online search are roughly tied as a first source for breaking news about business.
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Under a third set of guidelines, bloggers would pledge to get a second source for any gossip or breaking news they write about.
It's a pretty good practice to find a second source for its claims – though that is more difficult than it seems, since the second source has frequently lifted its information unchecked from Wikipedia.
Sadly, MPs did not ask him why his reporters had failed to obtain a second source for any of those far-fetched and malicious stories obtained through anonymous leaks.
Mr. Emrich said that Union and other counties also maintain their own open-space funds, and that New Jersey's Green Acres program could be a third source for acquisition money.
They are rapidly becoming a second source for middle-income customers.
The surfaces of iron oxyhydroxides can store significant amounts of sulfate and protons and serve as a second source for prolonged contamination.
This intensity is insufficient to create a rise in the water level leading to a concentrated recharge that would be a second source for the nappe.
Over the last decade, text mining, big-data analysis, social media, and search engine data have given birth to a third source for obtaining measures of investor sentiment.1.
A third source for speed profiles is the train's existing odometry measurements, and the research in this area is typically focused on real-time train location for signalling or automatic train protection.
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