granddaddy
noun
grand·dad·dy
ˈgran-ˌda-dē 
variants
or less commonly grandaddy
2
: one that is the first, earliest, or most venerable of its kind
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Examples of granddaddy in a Sentence
the granddaddy of all English mystery novels
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While Disney is the granddaddy of all movie licensors, rated the number one top global brand licensing company by License Global bringing in some $62 million last year, NBCUniversal is a few steps behind, ranked as the number six biggest licensing generator.
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Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Then there was the granddaddy of them all, two decades of recurrent inflationary peaks from the mid-1960s through the early 1980s that encompassed price pressures from the 1960s economic expansion and the oil price shocks of the 1970s.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
Even without changing a single character of code in the sacred Bitcoin software, the granddaddy of all blockchains is still attracting more attention than ever.
—Nimrod Lehavi, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
No one could tell the clock by him; no one could quote an epigram of his; no one could ever remember his being a friend of their daddy—or even their granddaddy.
—E. L. Doctorow, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
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Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Then there was the granddaddy of them all, two decades of recurrent inflationary peaks from the mid-1960s through the early 1980s that encompassed price pressures from the 1960s economic expansion and the oil price shocks of the 1970s.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
Even without changing a single character of code in the sacred Bitcoin software, the granddaddy of all blockchains is still attracting more attention than ever.
—Nimrod Lehavi, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
No one could tell the clock by him; no one could quote an epigram of his; no one could ever remember his being a friend of their daddy—or even their granddaddy.
—E. L. Doctorow, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
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“Granddaddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/granddaddy. Accessed 11 Oct. 2024.
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