granddaddy

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Good things can come in old packages, and that’s the case with the exchange-traded fund, the granddaddy of tech-focused ETFs, which trades under the ticker XLK.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

There are loads of conspiracy theories out there, the granddaddy of them all being the conjecture surrounding John F. Kennedy’s assassination.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2025

Madison, the great granddaddy of all constitutional decisions.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2024

If you get lost in the luminous orange peepers of housecats or the baby blues of white tigers, thank the granddaddy of all felines—an ocelotlike creature that lived more than 30 million years ago.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 13, 2023

“I guess you would. And you’d be even madder if you had a granddaddy so sick he couldn’t move, and a deacon from the town come down to tell him he had to move anyway.”

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt