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The hooper went with a copy-and-paste job to name his firstborn.—Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026 Lellio dreamed of giving her firstborn daughter, then 2, a sibling.—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 9 May 2026 Parents could be more likely to seek diagnoses for their firstborn than any subsequent children.—Will Barker, TheWeek, 30 Apr. 2026 Unlike their firstborn, Indy was born in the hospital.—Katie Mannion, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for firstborn