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The phrase "ate in the first" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to refer to something related to a sequence or order, but without additional context, it is unclear when it could be used.
Example: "He ate in the first round of the competition, but he didn't advance."
Alternatives: "consumed in the initial" or "dined in the first".
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"I probably eat what Pavarotti ate in the first 11 years of his life.
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They put two together, end to end, and made a pretty chapel of them; they ate in the third.
"If you're really hungry, you can eat anything at any time," said Jasmine Cepeda, 15, who is one of the roughly 380 students who eat in the first lunch period, about three hours after she wakes up at home in East New York, Brooklyn.
When children don't get enough to eat in the first two years of life, their cognitive powers can be permanently impaired.
We were going to do a film called A Quieter Mess Experiment, but Dave put the mockers on it because he was going to be eaten in the first half-hour by a triffid.
Others regulate how much people want to eat in the first place, how they know when they've had enough and how likely they are to use up calories through activities ranging from fidgeting to running marathons.
Apparently lawmakers have been dithering for decades over the move because of pressure from the dog meat business - more regulation will make dog meat more expensive - and from the animal rights activists, some of whom don't want Fido to be eaten in the first place.
Although there was no significant difference in overall dry matter intake, higher-risk cows spent more time eating in the first 8-h period after feeding than lower-risk cows (186 vs. 153 min) and less time eating in the third 8-h period (19 vs. 43 min).
A female honey bee becomes queen based on what she eats in the first days of her life (though worker bees do seem to have some influence over who becomes queen, giving honey bees the most human-like election process).
My response is to ask why was the doughnut or piece of chocolate was eaten in the first place.
As a delicate child, Leech had an aversion to eating in the first two years of her life, so her mother fed her in small hourly doses.
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