eldest
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You named your eldest son Remington, after the rifle.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026
Her eldest, seven-year-old Ella, has struggled on and off with food since she was little.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
My two eldest graduated from a school system that required Regents exams—subject-matter competency tests that measure students’ baseline proficiency and stress-test whether the system itself is serving students.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
"Kim himself inherited power as the third-generation leader despite not being the eldest son," he noted.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
He married a young woman called Giulia in 1562, and Galileo was the eldest of seven children, three of whom seem to have died in infancy.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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