first degree

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Having given up his first degree in sport and English to focus on football a few years earlier, Tuchel was now back to square one.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

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

From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2026

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

German, jėr′man, adj. of the first degree, as cousins german: closely allied.—n. one from the same stock or closely allied.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various