surviving daughter

collocation in English

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surviving
adjective[before noun]
uk
/səˈvaɪ.vɪŋ/us
/sɚˈvaɪ.vɪŋ/
continuing to live ...
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daughter
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdɔː.tər/us
/ˈdɑː.t̬ɚ/
your ...
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(Definition ofsurvivinganddaughterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Most of the older men (85 %) and women (92 %) had at least one surviving son and at least onesurvivingdaughter.
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She had only onesurvivingdaughter.
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If there was more than onesurvivingdaughter, as happened on seven occasions, then the property was shared evenly, except in one case where a second daughter received preferential treatment.
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He was married, but his wife had died by his second will in 1410, when he had asurvivingdaughter.
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Some sources use the term language isolate to indicate a branch of a larger family with only onesurvivingdaughter.
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She marries once, bearing four children, and she is succeeded by her eldestsurvivingdaughter.
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If the father left no son, his eldestsurvivingdaughterinherited.
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Upon his death in 1841, his extensive estates devolved upon his widow and after her, upon her youngersurvivingdaughter.
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She was a contralto concert singer and, as her father's onlysurvivingdaughter, managed his estate and guarded his legacy after his death.
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She bore him two children, a son who died in infancy and asurvivingdaughter.
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They had onesurvivingdaughter, who was born fourteen years after they married.
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Maria was the secondsurvivingdaughter.
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Her two surviving daughters both married and had issue.
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Amalia was a great collector of art and amassed many jewels, which were inherited by her four surviving daughters.
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By her, he had two surviving daughters, both of whom married consuls.
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He claimed the two surviving daughters as his heirs.
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They went on to have six sons and three surviving daughters.
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The couple had four surviving daughters.
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They had four other surviving daughters.
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They had 2 surviving daughters.
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