as in lineage
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
a Cambodian immigrant who can trace her Khmer ancestry as far back as the 16th century
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Recent Examples of ancestry
Researchers traced the woman’s ancestry to several families spread across two states in southern Mexico, the company said in a news release.
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Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Redditors were quick to joke about the pup’s surprising ancestry.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
This season, stars including America Ferrera, Kristin Chenoweth, Spike Lee, Lizzo, Brittney Griner and Darren Criss get to learn about their ancestry — and Gates delivers some major revelations.
—Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
In the same speech in which Vance connected American identity to ancestry, the vice president also defended some immigrants.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
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Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Redditors were quick to joke about the pup’s surprising ancestry.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
This season, stars including America Ferrera, Kristin Chenoweth, Spike Lee, Lizzo, Brittney Griner and Darren Criss get to learn about their ancestry — and Gates delivers some major revelations.
—Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
In the same speech in which Vance connected American identity to ancestry, the vice president also defended some immigrants.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ancestry
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Together, these laureates represent a powerful lineage of women who have risked personal freedom to advance civil liberties and promote democratic reform worldwide.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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The various lineages of Ursuța’s work are unmistakable.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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In 2023, the county coroner’s office worked with Othram to try to identify the remains using forensic genetic genealogy, deputies said.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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Ultimately, Jackson learned the name of a possible suspect through the use of genetic genealogy that had been done in South Carolina in 2018.—
Jean Casarez,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 2025
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The third phase materialized over the last year and a half, and delves deeper into origin.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
10 Oct. 2025
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Working on these inward-looking songs has allowed Teasdale and Chambers to feel less hemmed in by their origin story, one that was drawn early on by the press and then chiseled in stone.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2025
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The film looks like a million bucks, has a high pedigree of talent, and mistakes constant poking for conversation, endless buzzwords for a buffet of food for thought, incendiary hypotheticals for insight.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Oct. 2025
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The franchise looks to integrate its future, Flagg, with championship-pedigree veterans like Irving and Davis in hopes of hoisting its first Larry O’Brien Trophy since 2011.—
Aaron Tolentino,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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Wide receiver Juju Smith-Schuster, who is of Samoan descent, wore a traditional Samoan Ula Fala necklace, a symbol of love, leadership and well wishes.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
13 Oct. 2025
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While the Venezuelan crisis has had ripple effects throughout the region because of the exodus of over seven million people, Venezuela’s descent into a full dictatorship without much pushback from other Latin American leaders comes as little surprise.—
Nora Gamez Torres,
Miami Herald,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Linda, who is a therapist, must balance her job with the inevitably time-consuming repairs, which grind to a halt when a contractor has a family emergency.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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Being a great place to work is about structure as well as culture, whether the business in question is listed, family-owned or private equity-backed.—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
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Ghost, who will turn two on October 27, was born blind and deaf due to bad breeding practices, which his owners are working to raise awareness of.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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Both species of sparrows return to their more northern summer breeding habitats starting in late April.—
Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Ancestry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ancestry. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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