How to Use come first in a Sentence
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The chemistry has already been built, which means the music can come first.
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Desjah Altvater,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
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Children come first, partners come first, work comes first, community comes first, and the list goes on.
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Maia Niguel Hoskin,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
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Repeatable processes come first, not 40-page runbooks that nobody reads.
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Chris Schueler,
Forbes.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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With respect to personal and professional integration, the employees who have the most work experience have rarelyconsidered the idea of work-life balance, as their jobs usually come first.
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Marie Unger,
Forbes.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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Reliability, forecast accuracy and system performance had to come first.
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Mikko Karkkainen,
Forbes.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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Individual battlefield successes come first; standardized tactics follow.
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David Kirichenko,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
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