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Recent Examples of favorite son
Plains is a tourist town, and President Carter is our favorite son.
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CBS News, 5 Jan. 2025
In 2023, Atlanta’s favorite son, Andre 3000, all but shut the door on his rap career by releasing a flute album and insisting that rapping is a young man’s sport.
—Maurice Garland, SPIN, 19 Dec. 2024
And Lex Luthor revealed to Jordan that Lois had picked Jon as her favorite son (yikes).
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2024
Football is our favorite son, daughter, niece, nephew, neighbor and friend, but basketball is the successful relative who that demands more of our attention.
—Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Apr. 2025
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CBS News, 5 Jan. 2025
In 2023, Atlanta’s favorite son, Andre 3000, all but shut the door on his rap career by releasing a flute album and insisting that rapping is a young man’s sport.
—Maurice Garland, SPIN, 19 Dec. 2024
And Lex Luthor revealed to Jordan that Lois had picked Jon as her favorite son (yikes).
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2024
Football is our favorite son, daughter, niece, nephew, neighbor and friend, but basketball is the successful relative who that demands more of our attention.
—Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for favorite son
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“Favorite son.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/favorite%20son. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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