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Recent Examples on the Web To be sure, in the late 1800s and especially in the years before and after the Holocaust, many Jews emigrated from various European countries to the land of their forefathers. Avi Shafran, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2024 Elendil, a pivotal figure in J.R.R. Tolkien’s mythology, is the forefather of Aragorn’s lineage, famously portrayed by Viggo Mortensen in Peter Jackson’s film trilogy. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Aug. 2024 The Harlem of today is a global destination thanks to the vision of our forefathers. Lloyd Williams, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2024 But are most guys really fixated on the way our decline mirrors that of our forefathers? Judy Berman, TIME, 17 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for forefather 

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“Forefather.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forefather. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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