first-string

• “The first-string couldn't get in the end zone in the last two intrasquad scrimmages against the defense.”

  Around the Mountain West Conference

• “As a former first-string critic and current Drama Desk member, the protocol breach represents an important opportunity to review how utterly outmoded the protocol really is.”

  The Huffington Post: Leonard Jacobs: Ensnaring Theatre Critics in the Spider-Man Web

• “That is first-string, varsity material on Team Tea Party right there.”

  Think Progress » Returning Wall Street’s Favor, Brown Vows To Oppose Financial Reform And Offers No Ideas To Improve It

• “While female gender doesn't necessarily guarantee insight into women's lives, powerful first-string male critics regularly demonstrate a distressing lack of interest in plays in which women writers craft female protagonists.”

  The Huffington Post: Jill Dolan: Tonys 2011: Where Are the Women?

• “But it is remarkable just how quickly a meme begun by one of the “first-string” leftist sites gets spread throughout the lower levels of the food chain.”

  CoC and dKos: a look at the progressive caste system. | RedState

• “The event has always attracted first-string investors, media and other tech insiders.”

  Demo retools during downturn

• “This is due mainly to the team starting 3-0 even without its first-string quarterback, Ben Roethlisberger.”

  The Wall Street Journal: What a Difference Three Weeks Can Make

• “Kevin will start the spring as first-string quarterback, and while I've seen marked improvement in him, I want to see more.”

  Ucla - Team Notes

• “The event has always attracted first-string investors, media and other ...”

  Past Tech Trends & Products: Technology Live Archive

• “This will largely look like a remade team with a new first-string quarterback after Riley Skinner's four-year hold on that role.”

  Around the Atlantic Coast Conference

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