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• “But unlike some forms of auction, “bulk” sales are first-come, first-served — meaning that any buyer who qualifies can buy a condo at its advertised price, rather than participate in a bidding war where the advertised price is just an opening ask.”

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• “The John Lewis bond is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis, and applications must be received by 11 April, although the issue will be closed earlier if total applications reach £50m.”

  The Guardian: John Lewis launches savings bond

• “Numbers are available on a first-come, first-served basis at a cost of about 9.6 cents per month.”

  USA Today: Porn company is amassing 1-800 numbers

• “Space is limited, and offered on a first-come, first-served basis.”

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• “Big investors now race to trade covertly, commonly slicing up their orders into smaller blocks using algorithms and routing them through "dark pools," the secretive electronic-trading networks that anonymously match buyers and sellers, usually on a first-come, first-served basis.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Slowpoke Traders Seek to Gain on Speedsters

• “General availability of dot-xxx domain names—which will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis—is scheduled to begin Dec. 6.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Porn Firm Fights Web Costs

• “They will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Green Card Progress

• “The screening is free, seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.”

  The Huffington Post: Bettina Korek: PLAN ForYourArt: May 12-18

• “Birthday announcements are for ages 6 to 13 and are printed on a first-come, first-served basis.”

  The Washington Post: Birthdays of the week

• “The current system, which dates to 1986, was first based largely on giving kidneys to the patients who matched the organs best, but it evolved to take a first-come, first-served approach made possible by safer, more powerful anti-rejection drugs.”

  The Washington Post: Under kidney transplant proposal, younger patients would get the best organs

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