first papers
plural noun
: papers declaring intention filed by an applicant for citizenship as the first step in the naturalization process
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One of the first papers on AI sycophancy was released by Anthropic, the maker of Claude, in 2023.
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Matthew Hutson,
IEEE Spectrum,
11 Mar. 2026
The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis published one of the first papers to test how extending UI benefits to people who quit would impact the American economy.
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Oshan Jarow,
Vox,
26 June 2024
While the menstrual cycle has been notoriously understudied, the first papers on PMDD appeared in 1930s.
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Shalene Gupta,
TIME,
4 Apr. 2024
Marcussen said this is one of the first papers to show that kids getting back to the classroom earlier seem to have fewer symptoms at 14 days out.
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Jen Christensen,
CNN,
20 Jan. 2023
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Matthew Hutson,
IEEE Spectrum,
11 Mar. 2026
The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis published one of the first papers to test how extending UI benefits to people who quit would impact the American economy.
—
Oshan Jarow,
Vox,
26 June 2024
While the menstrual cycle has been notoriously understudied, the first papers on PMDD appeared in 1930s.
—
Shalene Gupta,
TIME,
4 Apr. 2024
Marcussen said this is one of the first papers to show that kids getting back to the classroom earlier seem to have fewer symptoms at 14 days out.
—
Jen Christensen,
CNN,
20 Jan. 2023
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