first-born
Example Sentences
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Gilham said Stanley's father, who was an MP, and his mother - who helped establish the first women's college at Cambridge University - had "great expectations for their first-born".
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026
In an interview four years earlier, he discussed how his mother-in-law took a year off to help take care of his first-born.
From Salon • Aug. 11, 2025
“I lost my son, my only son, my first-born son.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2024
They did not find the same result in boys or daughters who were not first-born.
From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2024
My father is the youngest of five brothers, and Moni is his first-born nephew—the eldest brother’s son.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
