eldest
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Karen's eldest is now 22, and she is also grandmother to a one-year-old.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
“He only wanted to talk about the painting he was working on,” says Mirabelle Marden, his eldest daughter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
"Kim himself inherited power as the third-generation leader despite not being the eldest son," he noted.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Sloane, the eldest, is an L.A.-based actor and therapist, a feminist in the throes of menopause.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The eldest of seven sons of a yeoman farmer, William was educated at King’s School, Canterbury, and Caius College in Cambridge, where he obtained his BA in 1597 and probably began to study medicine.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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