first degree

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The study followed 381 first degree relatives of people with Crohn's disease.

From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2026

Syed, then 17, was found guilty of first degree murder in February 2000, and sentenced to life in prison.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2025

According to CNN, "a charge of murder in the first degree is rare because it requires special elements related to the crime to be charged."

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2024

“Falsification of business records in the first degree — it sounds so bad,” Mr. Trump said.

From New York Times • May 31, 2024

But in algebra it became of importance to say that every equation of the first degree has a root, and the notion of negative number was introduced.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various