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Discover LudwigThe phrase "at first reads" is not correct in standard written English.
It seems to be an attempt to convey an initial impression or interpretation of something upon first reading.
Example: "At first glance, the article seems to support the opposing viewpoint."
Alternatives: "initially appears" or "upon first reading".
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With Your Wings at first reads like a standard narrative of a veteran's return, a plot used by everyone from Homer to Ernest Hemingway.
He produces a description which at first reads like a lyrical evocation of a beautiful landscape with caverns and light, and many subtle changes.
At first, reads are aligned to each contig.
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At first, reading the F.B.I. report is to be swept up in the conclusion that the perpetrator of the deadly anthrax attacks was indeed Mr. Ivins.
At first read, it seems to me that the contents can be split pretty cleanly in two: half is genuinely good, if slightly obvious advice.
At first read, the control the gods exert over characters' destinies makes it feel like there's next to nothing at stake.
A lot of inconvenient people are got rid of in these stories, one way or another, and they are more disquieting than they seem at first read.
At first, reading through each statement made me feel uneasy, as if I were eavesdropping on a conversation through a door that was mistakenly left cracked open.
Can we say love at first read?
What I found, at first read, was hundreds of witty or just plain funny tweets.
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