favorite son
noun
1
: one favored by the delegates of his state as presidential candidate at a national political convention
2
: a famous person who is popular with hometown people
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an athlete who is one of New York's favorite sons
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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.
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Maurice Garland, SPIN, 19 Dec. 2024
Rimini’s favorite son is celebrated over three locations in the centro, and one ticket gets you access to all.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2024
And Lex Luthor revealed to Jordan that Lois had picked Jon as her favorite son (yikes).
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2024
Instead of cultivating consensus, King Salman concentrated power in the hands of MBS, sidelining the remaining princes of his own generation and those in the next generation who could rival his favorite son.
—F. Gregory Gause Iii, Foreign Affairs, 30 Mar. 2021
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Maurice Garland, SPIN, 19 Dec. 2024
Rimini’s favorite son is celebrated over three locations in the centro, and one ticket gets you access to all.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2024
And Lex Luthor revealed to Jordan that Lois had picked Jon as her favorite son (yikes).
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2024
Instead of cultivating consensus, King Salman concentrated power in the hands of MBS, sidelining the remaining princes of his own generation and those in the next generation who could rival his favorite son.
—F. Gregory Gause Iii, Foreign Affairs, 30 Mar. 2021
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“Favorite son.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/favorite%20son. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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