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Discover LudwigThe phrase "first division" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It usually describes the highest level or rank within an organization, team, or group. For example, "The team was promoted to the first division after winning the regional championships."
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first division
noun
The half of the standings containing the teams with the best records.
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Banks outside the first division suffered especially.
That's in the first division, anyway.
It is the first division, too.
Not all these people will be from the first division.
We're not good enough for the first division.
"We never thought he'd be in the first division.
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Many of them support another first-division club, Galatasaray.
SMITH, Edward, 38, First Sgt., Marines; Chicago; First Division.
Liverpool's return to the First Division was successful as they became the first team to win the Second and First Division in successive seasons.
Marines, Third Battalion, Fourth Regiment, First Division, Twentynine Palms, Calif.
"Coventry were third in the First Division at the time.
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