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Discover LudwigThe phrase "first quote" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a quotation or statement that comes before another quotation or statement. For example: "In his speech, the president referenced the first quote from the famous author, but then went on to provide his own thoughts on the topic."
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This will be her first quote.
Don't accept the agent's first quote without seeing if you can get a better deal elsewhere.
Actually, that's fair enough – perhaps we're reading too much negativity into the first quote.
As the first quote shows, he is more optimistic about growth in the developing than in the developed world.
Yet perhaps because the loan process is so onerous and opaque, many take the first quote they are offered.
The first quote came from a column in The New York Times by N. Gregory Mankiw, a Harvard economist.
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PS: Karl first quotes Lincoln's words about malice towards none, charity for all.
"The first quotes out of the box were clear as a bell," she said.
Enterprise refunded the difference between what Mr. Reagan was first quoted and what he was billed.
It is here, in her first quoted prayer, that you glimpse Mrs. McPherson's relations with her Maker.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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