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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a first year" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a student in their first year of study, typically in a college or university context.
Example: "As a first year, I am still adjusting to the demands of university life."
Alternatives: "a freshman" or "a first-year student."
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Dr. Bond, 29, is a first year anesthesiology resident in Boston at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
The college also created a first year experience office and related programming.
But Mr. Reginal just completed a first year at Yale, Mr. Porter at Harvard.
Aged 17, the heroine leaves Istanbul for a first year in Berlin.
a First year, b second year.
Data were collected within a first year undergraduate course 'Learning and Instruction'.
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It is a first-year team.
"What did you do?" a first-year mover asked.
For a first-year coach, that was a major accomplishment.
"I'm a first-year criminal justice major," he says.
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