first string
Example Sentences
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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
All signs point to Trubisky, who has taken the vast majority of snaps with the first string.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 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
Coach Dave Clawson listed the freshman with the first string and Hinton as the backup, but coyly suggested this week that Hinton could play a role in other ways against No. 8 Notre Dame.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 19, 2018
I wait four days and then go back to the first string of traps.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
