at first mention vs at the first mention

Both "at first mention" and "at the first mention" are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. "At first mention" is more commonly used when referring to something being mentioned for the first time in a conversation or text. On the other hand, "at the first mention" could be used when referring to a specific instance of mentioning something for the first time.

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at first mention

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when referring to something being mentioned for the first time in a conversation or text.

Examples:

The term was introduced at first mention in the opening paragraph.
Please clarify the meaning of the acronym at first mention.

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Because you're waiting to be beheaded at the first mention of adultery?
Trivial names are acceptable provided that they are unambiguous and used consistently throughout the dossier, and they can be clearly related to the systematic name and IUB number at their first mention.
Welling up at the first mention of the child?
From the past seasons of Ceccotti Collezioni we mention at first the products designed by Roberto Lazzeroni - "historical" art-director of the company and mainly designer of the Storica collection of Ceccotti.
The first mention is in 1550 when he's called Bloody Bones or Rawhead.
First mention of this place, he got very... beady.
The first mention of guns, she was out.
The first mention of the service in scientific works was in 2015.
The first mention of a market in Loughborough is in 1221.
The first mention of a chapel in Lincoln's Inn comes from 1428.
The first mention of a post office in the village is in 1850.
Since the first mention, four families lived in the house.
Not recorded in the Domesday Book, its first mention was in 1362 as Gulle.
The first mention of school in the village Ostromichi belongs to 1912.
The first mention of Radstadt dates to 1074.
The first mention dates from the year 1598.
The Templars are connected to the first mention of wine growing in Čejkovice.
So I started searching for the first mentions of it.
The first mention of the parish dates from 1350.
The first mention of inertron was in Adventure Comics #336.

at the first mention

This phrase is correct but less commonly used in English.

This phrase could be used when referring to a specific instance of mentioning something for the first time.

Examples:

I remember the excitement at the first mention of the new project.
At the first mention of the issue, everyone became silent.

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at the first mention
Because you're waiting to be beheaded at the first mention of adultery?
Welling up at the first mention of the child?
The first mention is in 1550 when he's called Bloody Bones or Rawhead.
The first mention of guns, she was out.
The first mention of the service in scientific works was in 2015.
The first mention of a market in Loughborough is in 1221.
The first mention of a chapel in Lincoln's Inn comes from 1428.
The first mention of a post office in the village is in 1850.
Since the first mention, four families lived in the house.
The first mention of school in the village Ostromichi belongs to 1912.
The first mention of Radstadt dates to 1074.
The first mention dates from the year 1598.
The Templars are connected to the first mention of wine growing in Čejkovice.
So I started searching for the first mentions of it.
The first mention of the parish dates from 1350.
The first mention of inertron was in Adventure Comics #336.
This is the first mention of her actual name.
The first mention of Castellum Vifredi as an urban agglomeration is from 8 July 1107.
Thus, in 2012 ispolnilos725 years of the first mention in the princely will.
The first mention of Lviv chronicle refers to year 1256.

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