: a group of biological taxa (such as species) that includes all descendants of one common ancestor
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While there have been some cases of clade 1 brought back to the United States by people traveling abroad, the new cases are the first associated with local spread.
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 17 Oct. 2025
These antibodies, tailored to target clade C, would bind to the virus and summon immune cells to eliminate it.
—David Cox, NPR, 25 Aug. 2025
Pterosaurs were a clade of flying reptiles that appeared in the Late Triassic Period.
—Rosie McCall, Discover Magazine, 14 July 2025
This strategy evidently served sauropods well for 130 million years and might have been one of the underpinnings of their success and longevity as a clade.
—Bronwyn Thompson, New Atlas, 11 June 2025
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 17 Oct. 2025
These antibodies, tailored to target clade C, would bind to the virus and summon immune cells to eliminate it.
—David Cox, NPR, 25 Aug. 2025
Pterosaurs were a clade of flying reptiles that appeared in the Late Triassic Period.
—Rosie McCall, Discover Magazine, 14 July 2025
This strategy evidently served sauropods well for 130 million years and might have been one of the underpinnings of their success and longevity as a clade.
—Bronwyn Thompson, New Atlas, 11 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for clade
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“Clade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clade. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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