first floor
noun
plural first floors
1
: the floor of a building most nearly on a level with the ground : ground floor sense 1
2
chiefly British
: the floor next above the ground floor
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In multiple cells on that floor as well as on the first floor, the mattresses had chunks missing, an issue Camacho found particularly vexing.
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Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
The main house, which dates back to 1879, contains The Left Bank restaurant, a wine room, an inviting sitting room on the first floor, five one-bedroom guest rooms, and a two-bedroom suite above.
—Christine Chitnis, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2024
Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said that two groups had an altercation inside the mall, on the first floor, when an individual fired a gun into a crowd while running away and unintentionally hit the child.
—Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 13 Apr. 2024
This hidden gem is located on the first floor of the Promenade Rio Vista apartment complex and is steps away from the Rio Vista trolley stop.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 May 2024
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Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
The main house, which dates back to 1879, contains The Left Bank restaurant, a wine room, an inviting sitting room on the first floor, five one-bedroom guest rooms, and a two-bedroom suite above.
—Christine Chitnis, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2024
Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said that two groups had an altercation inside the mall, on the first floor, when an individual fired a gun into a crowd while running away and unintentionally hit the child.
—Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 13 Apr. 2024
This hidden gem is located on the first floor of the Promenade Rio Vista apartment complex and is steps away from the Rio Vista trolley stop.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 May 2024
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