double first
Americannoun
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a first in two subjects.
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a student who earns a first in two subjects.
noun
Example Sentences
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Pushback on implementing double first bases might come from purists, but player safety has become an overarching concern as salaries have increased.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2025
Woolf went on to get a double first in music from Cambridge University in music and won BBC Young Composer of the Year 2012, as well as appearing on Mastermind in 2021.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2024
In a double first, there are two woman serving this session as floor leaders — Senate Majority Leader Kim Ward, R-Westmoreland, and House Minority Leader Joanna McClinton, D-Philadelphia.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2021
The other is naming a college now under construction for a civil rights activist who is an African-American woman- a double first for the university.
From Washington Times • May 7, 2016
He had occupied himself too much with High Church matters and the polemics, politics, and outward demonstrations usually concurrent with High Churchmanship to devote himself with sufficient vigour to the acquisition of a double first.
From Barchester Towers by Trollope, Anthony
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