Sentence examples for essentially the first from inspiring English sources

Essentially, the first two are now off the table.

To make the point that these are essentially the first great piano concertos, they were performed on a modern Steinway.

By changing producers for essentially the first time since 1975, Mr. Springsteen has recast the sound of his music.

Sunday was also essentially the first time in 25 years that I would not be on a football team for the opening game of the season.

Ulrichs, essentially the first gay activist, encountered censorship and ended up going into exile, but his ideas very gradually took hold.

The men and women aboard United Flight 93 were essentially the first people on Earth to live, albeit briefly, in a post- 9/11 world.

He is essentially the sixth man in a six-man rotation and is rested on days before and after he pitches.

The Bruins and B.Y.U. are playing for essentially the third time in a year, the teams having split last season.

This was the second game in a row that Clabo has floundered in protection down the stretch, and it's essentially the sixth game in which he's floundered at some point.

The apps are essentially the second wave for how Baseline collects data.

Essentially the third term ensures that the system remains bounded and has an attracting limit-cycle outside the repelling limit-cycle.