descend from
phrasal verb
descended from; descending from; descends from
: to have (something or someone in the past) as an origin or source
Recent evidence supports the theory that birds descended from dinosaurs.
The plants descend from a common ancestor.
They claim to be descended from a noble British family.
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OnTheRunPhoto/Getty What To Know NWS meteorologist Mark Steinwedel told Newsweek that tumultuous lake conditions can occur behind cold fronts descending from Canada.
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Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
The reason was that these unidentified objects descended from high altitudes of over 10,000 feet to as low as 500 feet in seconds.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Review of the mitochondrial DNA confirmed that the individual was male and suggested a maternal lineage associated with local hunter-gatherers, descended from humans who were among the earliest to migrate into the region.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
The aim is to try and detect and catch people who are descending from the green zone down toward the red zone.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
The reason was that these unidentified objects descended from high altitudes of over 10,000 feet to as low as 500 feet in seconds.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Review of the mitochondrial DNA confirmed that the individual was male and suggested a maternal lineage associated with local hunter-gatherers, descended from humans who were among the earliest to migrate into the region.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
The aim is to try and detect and catch people who are descending from the green zone down toward the red zone.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Descend from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/descend%20from. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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