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The phrase "the first indication" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe the initial sign or clue that something is happening or will happen. Example: "The dark clouds were the first indication of an impending storm."
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That was the first indication.
The first indication of trouble that night came through the speakerphone, Mr. Castro said.
But today's report was the first indication that it had spread overseas.
Suddenly, subtly, she gives the first indication of the character's capacity for submission to illusion.
The new data is the first indication that may have mattered to many overseas investors.
It was the first indication that Moore was now a Person With Aids.
Bellevue was also the first indication of an acquisitiveness that doubled as artistic patronage.
Ms. Leon's rash was the first indication that her immune system was out of whack.
Here we see the first indication of complicity between art and capital.
Saturday was Keane's second bad game, the first indication of which came in the 37th minute.
The vein in the right side of David Cone's neck was the first indication.
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