first-time

[ furst-tahym ]

adjective

1. used, appearing, contending, etc., for the first time:

   a first-time candidate.

Example Sentences

Tran, a first-time candidate, is hoping to be the first Vietnamese American candidate to represent the Congressional district that includes Little Saigon.

From Los Angeles Times

Casemiro and Mainoo filled the deeper midfield slots, with Mason Mount - who applied a first-time finish to an Antony cross - Amad Diallo and Rashford in the forward roles.

From BBC

The American Civil Liberties Union didn’t get its biggest boost until the days after Trump’s Muslim ban took effect in January 2017, during which it took in a staggering $24 million in online donations, mostly from first-time donors—nearly seven times the amount it raised online in all of 2015.

From Slate

Hundreds of thousands of potential first-time buyers also hope to get a place of their own with their first mortgage.

From BBC

The decision also made possible a hero’s transformation for Charles, from a fumbling first-time spy to someone capable of solving a case.

From Los Angeles Times