first division
Americannoun
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Twenty-seven of the players suspected of having placed bets play in the first division, notably Galatasaray's international defender Eren Elmali.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2025
In 2023, he sought a new challenge in the Dutch first division.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2025
The strategy has turned a club once headed for relegation and financial ruin into the most profitable one in the Irish first division.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2025
While sperm and egg cells are in the same cell cycle phase, the central cell must first complete DNA synthesis after fertilization before the first division can begin.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 15, 2024
General Pershing and his staff arrived in France on June 15, 1917, and less than a month later the first division of American troops followed him.
From Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 by Various
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