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Discover LudwigThe phrase "first shipment" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the initial delivery of goods or products in a series of shipments.
Example: "We are excited to announce that the first shipment of our new product line will arrive next week."
Alternatives: "initial shipment" or "primary shipment".
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By December, the first shipment had sold out.
(St Lucia is preparing to receive its first shipment).
Mr. DiSilvio ordered his first shipment, and they sold out.
The first shipment of cars was not exactly a success.
Books began pouring in, for a total of 2,000 volumes in that first shipment.
She was extremely pleased with the workmanship on the first shipment of bicycles from Taiwan.
Included in this first shipment are 100 tons of wheat flour donated by the American government.
Then oil was discovered, and in 1961 the country exported its first shipment of crude.
The first shipment sold out in a few weeks, but a second installment recently arrived.
"The first shipment we had was a month ago, and we never got another one".
While the first shipment sold out within three weeks this month, another will arrive in January.
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