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first string

[furst-string] / ˈfɜrstˈstrɪŋ /
NOUN
group of starting players
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By his mid-20s, Jones had signed a three-record deal with Decca Studios, sharing a label with The Rolling Stones and cutting his first string of hits.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025

They are lucky that the 49er game is last, since by that time S.F. might be locked into the No. 2 position and decide not to risk playing their first string the whole game.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2023

And he expects to throw everything he has into walking out of the locker room in early September with the first string.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2022

Smythies says he was here in May 2019, when the first string of 60 Starlink satellites blazed across the sky.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 6, 2021

This year nothing is keeping me off the first string.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli




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