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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Apart from the basement of the museum and the 19th-century ceiling paintings on the first floor, the building has been refurbished extensively, removing many traces of the site’s history.
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Demetrios Ioannou, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Aug. 2024
About 60 firefighters needed an hour to combat the blaze, which was confined to the house’s first floor, said FDNY Deputy Assistant Chief Michael Woods.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 4 Aug. 2024
With younger collectors seemingly in mind, items on the first floor range in price from 5,000 to 50 million Hong Kong dollars ($640 to $6.4 million).
—Oscar Holland, CNN, 29 July 2024
In addition, Newport Realty and Manafort plan to remodel the first floor along West Main Street into commercial spaces, and create about 15,000 square feet of medical office space as well.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2024
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Demetrios Ioannou, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Aug. 2024
About 60 firefighters needed an hour to combat the blaze, which was confined to the house’s first floor, said FDNY Deputy Assistant Chief Michael Woods.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 4 Aug. 2024
With younger collectors seemingly in mind, items on the first floor range in price from 5,000 to 50 million Hong Kong dollars ($640 to $6.4 million).
—Oscar Holland, CNN, 29 July 2024
In addition, Newport Realty and Manafort plan to remodel the first floor along West Main Street into commercial spaces, and create about 15,000 square feet of medical office space as well.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2024
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