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Discover LudwigThe phrase "at first appears" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used when discussing an initial impression or observation that may change upon further examination. Example: "At first appears to be a simple problem, but it has many underlying complexities."
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Hailey and John Castle, an airline passenger becomes ill with what at first appears to be air sickness.
What at first appears to be a tiny cottage is actually a 34-foot-high, multistory structure.
Less than at first appears.
There are no witnesses, or so it at first appears.
Chila, at first, appears to have it easiest.
Dungeness is not the waste land it at first appears.
Prouvost is slyly poetic, and much more sophisticated than she at first appears.
Every so often, something happens in bridge that at first appears unbelievable.
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But it was less spontaneous than at first appeared.
The results might not at first appear impressive.
It's a subtler maxim than might at first appear.
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