first-class

Example Sentences

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Just over three-quarters of first class letters, or 75.7%, were delivered on time by Royal Mail in the year to the end of March, far off its target of 93%.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

I launched the first class in 2012 not knowing if I’d ever get to do it again.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

“I will say the dog flew first class and I was back in steerage, but that’s fine. I’m not bitter about that at all.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

He is slowly learning and, in fact, he’s actually flown first class on his last couple of vacations.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

I supervised twenty-one Okinawans in a machine shop and rose in rank from private first class to corporal.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson