for one thing

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for one thing

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  1. idiomatic, sequence Used to introduce one reason or example among potentially several reasons for something that has been stated or is about to be explained. Well, I’m having difficulties with the heating, for one thing.

    Similar: for a start, for one

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prep_phrase (to introduce the first item)

Portuguêspara começar, pra começar
Françaisprimo, pour commencer, premièrement
Deutschzum einen
Русскийво-пе́рвых vo-pérvyx

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@misc{for_one_thing_2026,
  title = {for one thing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/for%20one%20thing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}