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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Hammer’s Family Fortune Hammer descends from an oil fortune, built by his great-grandfather Armand Hammer, who was the former president and CEO of Occidental Petroleum. Conor Murray, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024 At least 24 bears in the GYE are descended from 399. Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 24 Oct. 2024 What data shows The U.S. violent crime rate has descended from its COVID peak in 2020, when Trump was president. Francis Wilkinson, The Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2024 The group descended from the roof to find the civic center filled with mud. Walter Berry and Susan Montoya Bryan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for descend from 

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“Descend from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/descend%20from. Accessed 9 Nov. 2024.

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