first degree

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Having given up his first degree in sport and English to focus on football a few years earlier, Tuchel was now back to square one.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

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

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

From New York Times • May 31, 2024

Deter�minant, a mathematical expression which appears in the solution of a system of equations of the first degree.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various