first and last

Example Sentences

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The cell line, called "HeLa" after the patient's first and last name, was sent to research labs around the world.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

It was the first and last time Art.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

He painted "California" in early 1961, shortly before he made his first and last trip to the United States for his debut exhibitions across the Atlantic, in New York and Los Angeles, it said.

From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025

The name of the label is thought to be derived from the first and last letters of the Cameron name, with the initials of the couple's four children in between.

From BBC • Sep. 10, 2025

This was the first time, since our first and last meeting, that I had spoken with him and, I was reasonably sure, it would be the last.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath