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The phrase "the first paragraph" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to the opening section of a written text, typically separated from the rest of the text by an indentation or blank line. Example: "In the first paragraph of his essay, the author sets the scene for the rest of his argument by describing the historical context of the topic."
Dictionary
the first paragraph
noun
The person or thing in the first position.
Exact(58)
A main focus in the first paragraph?
It comes in the first paragraph.
I read the first paragraph.
And that's just in the first paragraph.
And that's just the first paragraph.
The first paragraph was devoted to Ramsay's television celebrity.
"Read out the first paragraph of this book," he insisted.
(From the first paragraph of the executive summary).
Therefore the first paragraph or two really had to deliver".
The first paragraph referred to the metalheads as Botswanan.
Any doctors," he says in the first paragraph.
More suggestions(17)
the second paragraph
the first item
the former paragraph
the first section
the initial paragraph
the first order
the first sentence
the worst paragraph
the first sections
the best paragraph
the earlier paragraph
the first paragraphs
the fifth paragraph
the critical paragraph
the first disc
the first audience
the final paragraph
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