How to Use first edition in a Sentence

first edition

noun
  • There were many errors in the book's first edition.
  • She owns a valuable first edition of Huckleberry Finn.
  • The first edition under Bluhm’s ownership came out on June 1.
    John Reinan, Star Tribune, 14 Aug. 2020
  • Last year's first edition of the Fold, which when unfolded turns into a tablet, starts at $1,980.
    Michelle Maltais, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2020
  • For this new edition, the editors have been revising definitions dating from the first edition that are, in many cases, over a century old.
    Roger J. Kreuz, CNN, 16 Oct. 2020
  • The first edition of the Red Sea fest runs through Dec. 15.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 7 Dec. 2021
  • The map is on the seventh page of the first edition, above.
    USA Today, 15 Sep. 2022
  • To see the first edition of the rankings, click through the gallery above.
    Jacob Calvin Meyer, baltimoresun.com, 12 Sep. 2021
  • In 1851, the first edition of The New York Times was published.
    BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2021
  • The first edition of 1,000 copies were sold at the restaurant.
    Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2023
  • My wife got me all the pages of the first edition, and they're all framed in our house.
    Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 11 Mar. 2021
  • The first edition of the Concord Review came out in the fall of 1988.
    Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2021
  • Welcome to the first edition of the report card in 2021.
    Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2021
  • Young shot to fame after winning the first edition of the U.K.'s Pop Idol in 2002.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 10 Aug. 2021
  • The first edition outside the United States was in Chile, in 2011.
    Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 7 Nov. 2023
  • In the first edition of the coaches poll, released on Aug. 7, the Tide had earned four first-place votes.
    Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The first edition is flavored with rich shinko Asian pears and shiso.
    Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2022
  • The award comes at the conclusion of the first edition of Munich Film Up!
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 24 June 2022
  • The first edition of the festival will be held for three days in April - April 5, April 6 and April 7- this year.
    Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Welcome to the first edition of the cleveland.com high school track and field performance list.
    Joe Magill, cleveland, 9 Apr. 2021
  • And so begins our first edition of The Perfect Present With...
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 24 Nov. 2021
  • The price is one of the highest recorded for one of Rowling’s first edition books.
    Emma Pocock, Forbes, 28 Aug. 2021
  • The first edition of Project Presents was held in January.
    Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 26 June 2024
  • This is not the first edition of Wimbledon plagued by falls.
    New York Times, 30 June 2021
  • This is the first edition of that festival since the deaths of two of its founders, Bill Pence and Tom Luddy.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The first edition of the Winston Book Service was announced in March, 1957.
    Michael Waters, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2021
  • Lacey wrote the first edition of the book last year but has spent the time since updating it and adding more chapters.
    Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 24 June 2021
  • Lau’s late mother, Theodora, wrote the first edition of the horoscope guide in 1979.
    Ada Tseng, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The first edition of Bristol dirt last year had its challenges.
    Jenna Fryer, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2022
  • The differences between what the proofs indicate Goya originally intended and what finally appeared in the bracing first edition, which wasn’t printed until 35 years after his death, can surprise.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2024

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