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- noun Plural form of
first .
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Examples
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He used to get what they call firsts and double firsts every week! '
Fair Margaret A Portrait Horace T. [Illustrator] Carpenter 1881
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If we were to be only interested in "firsts", then why go back to the Moon.
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"firsts" is to be asked to begin a speech to the sound of trumpets and end it in under two minutes.
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Every new election cycle brings new "firsts" -- the first female governor of this state, the first female US senator from that state.
Sam Bennett: Rep. Giffords and Christina Green: Inspiring Progress and Possibilities for American Women in Politics Sam Bennett 2011
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Every new election cycle brings new "firsts" -- the first female governor of this state, the first female US senator from that state.
Sam Bennett: Rep. Giffords and Christina Green: Inspiring Progress and Possibilities for American Women in Politics Sam Bennett 2011
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But there are subtle shifts, most notably that women have moved out of the era of "firsts" -- as in, first U.S. female licensed pilot (Harriet Quimby in 1911), first female captain of a major U.S. airline (Emily Howell Warner in 1976) or first woman to fly around the world in a helicopter (Jennifer Murray in 1997).
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YA lit is so often about "firsts" -- relationships, jobs, etc. -- where being an adult is about negotiating the middle.
Yet another G-word Roger Sutton 2008
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But there are subtle shifts, most notably that women have moved out of the era of "firsts" -- as in, first U.S. female licensed pilot (Harriet Quimby in 1911), first female captain of a major U.S. airline (Emily Howell Warner in 1976) or first woman to fly around the world in a helicopter (Jennifer Murray in 1997).
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But there are subtle shifts, most notably that women have moved out of the era of "firsts" -- as in, first U.S. female licensed pilot (Harriet Quimby in 1911), first female captain of a major U.S. airline (Emily Howell Warner in 1976) or first woman to fly around the world in a helicopter (Jennifer Murray in 1997).
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In writing about the box office juggernaut -- a film that is smashing records left and right, beating Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings in online advance sales, among other "firsts" -- headline writers are using the language of teen girls.
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