eldest
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When her eldest started walking, she says "we always held hands, but had a wrist strap connecting us in case she tried to run off".
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
The volunteer found Arlene’s eldest daughter, Dayna Zoller, now a dentist in New Jersey.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
"Kim himself inherited power as the third-generation leader despite not being the eldest son," he noted.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
I have tried to drum it into our eldest and she doesn’t want to hear about it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Of her daughters, the eldest, Amy, was rather little: naïve, and child-like in face and manner, and piquant in form; her white muslin dress and blue sash became her well.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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