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first string
noun
The members of a sports team who play regularly at the start of a match (rather than being substituted on)
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"The first string did well," he said.
The Flux Quartet performed Morton Feldman's First String Quartet live.
For the instrumentalists there he wrote his first string quartets.
Elliott Carter's First String Quartet stirred controversy in 1952.
Within days of arriving, he was first string.
Again, he was first string, but he had competition.
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He was sacked twice by the Texans' first-string defense.
Unlike Toronto, the Hurricanes lack a first-string goalie.
Barry Cofield, a first-string tackle, sat out the play.
LoVecchio will be busy with the first-string offense.
They have had two first-string goalies this season.
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