first degree

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The project follows more than 5,000 healthy first degree relatives of people with Crohn's disease.

From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2026

According to CNN, "a charge of murder in the first degree is rare because it requires special elements related to the crime to be charged."

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2024

The Student Awards Agency Scotland pays £1,820 per year tuition fees on behalf of most Scottish undergraduate students working towards their first degree.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2024

“Falsification of business records in the first degree — it sounds so bad,” Mr. Trump said.

From New York Times • May 31, 2024

Punishment for forgery in the first degree may be twenty years, in the second degree ten years, in the third degree five years.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various