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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

Washington’s backups contributed to those numbers, but the first string wasn’t good.

From Washington Times • Sep. 6, 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

Jose Altuve went 2 for 5 and extended his hitting streak to 12 games, his first string of 12 or more games since a career-best 19-game hitting streak in 2017.

From Seattle Times • May 18, 2021

I wait four days and then go back to the first string of traps.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick




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