eldest

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He tries to spend 60 uninterrupted minutes a day with his sons; when he tucks the eldest into bed, they play a word game and then pray.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

Wilson, the eldest son, suggested that Wilber choose engineering.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026

She has two adult daughters and while her youngest has been invited for genetic testing in the north-east of England, her eldest daughter in the north-west, has not.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026

Thai Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol, the king's eldest daughter, has died aged 47, the royal palace announced Friday, more than three years after she was hospitalised following a sudden illness.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

In truth, she was the eldest of the five of them, and the one who had saved them fifteen years back when she really was six years old, and the rest of them only babies.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor