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
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
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
Yet there was an unmistakable sense that the first string had arrived when Brokaw, Jennings and Rather took over.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 3, 2021
After the training camp, his coach said that he was second string and that when he starts learning the system, he will be first string.
From "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
