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at first glance

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at first glance
when first looked at. At first glance the deal looked great, but after reading the contract I wasn't so sure. The twins seem, at first glance, very similar, but they're actually very different.
Related vocabulary: at first blush, at first sight
See also: first, glance

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At any rate, if we yield to it, we must grant a far greater age to the Right Whale than at first glance will seem reasonable.
I feel like a new man; and although at first glance I might be mistaken for a Safety Deposit Vault, I beg you to remember that my Brains are still composed of the same old material.
Sheldon went out on the veranda to see him, and at first glance at the gaunt features and wasted body of the man knew that his errand was likely to prove important.
 
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