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as in family
a group of persons who come from the same ancestor
in his mind, blood came before anything else, and he would not betray his criminal brother to the police
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as in ancestry
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
the language expert was certain that a young woman with such an upper-class accent had to be of royal blood
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as in soul
the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions
in your blood you know this business deal just isn't right
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as in murder
the intentional and unlawful taking of another person's life
blood will always have blood, and so the killing never ends
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Recent Examples of blood
San Diego officials have been frustrated for years by increasing homeless counts despite millions of dollars spent and an unknown amount of sweat and tears and sometimes blood expended to reverse it.
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Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2025
Factors that raise your risk of stroke The accumulation of plaque (or cholesterol) in the arteries, which raises the risk of blood clotting, is caused by a number of risk factors.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 16 May 2025
Doctors have started using gene-editing treatments like CRISPR to treat devastating genetic blood disorders such as sickle cell disease, and are studying experimental gene-editing therapies for other diseases, including cancer, inherited high cholesterol and some forms of genetic blindness.
—Rob Stein, NPR, 15 May 2025
Carotid Stenosis Carotid stenosis develops when the carotid artery, which supplies oxygen-rich blood to the brain, becomes narrowed or blocked by the build-up of plaque, calcium, or fatty substances.
—Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 14 May 2025
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Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2025
Factors that raise your risk of stroke The accumulation of plaque (or cholesterol) in the arteries, which raises the risk of blood clotting, is caused by a number of risk factors.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 16 May 2025
Doctors have started using gene-editing treatments like CRISPR to treat devastating genetic blood disorders such as sickle cell disease, and are studying experimental gene-editing therapies for other diseases, including cancer, inherited high cholesterol and some forms of genetic blindness.
—Rob Stein, NPR, 15 May 2025
Carotid Stenosis Carotid stenosis develops when the carotid artery, which supplies oxygen-rich blood to the brain, becomes narrowed or blocked by the build-up of plaque, calcium, or fatty substances.
—Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blood
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The Duck Dynasty patriarch died at age 79 on Sunday after being diagnosed in 2024 with Alzheimer’s disease, his family announced in statements on social media.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
26 May 2025
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Full of surprises, family time, performing, chilling, laughing, loving, smiling and good meaningful cries.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
26 May 2025
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Expanding Knowledge on Prostate Cancer Researchers are now working to develop a version of the test that can detect more prostate cancer risk variants in other populations, such as those with Asian and African ancestry.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
14 May 2025
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As the first Catholic pope from the United States, Pope Leo XIV has an ancestry that traces back to the Creole and free people of color from Louisiana, illustrating complex and interconnected issues of race and class in American history.—
Maya Eaglin,
NBC news,
13 May 2025
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New fitness trainer Yutaka Nakamura helped here as Raducanu refused to yield to her opponent or the clay surface which can sap the soul as well as stamina.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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But poetry is supposed to come from the soul, tradition, and psychic tremors too minute and particular to be grasped by a journalist on assignment.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
25 May 2025
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Matthew Johnson executed in Texas for murder of beloved grandmother who was set on fire Indiana executes Benjamin Ritchie for young police officer's murder.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
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Hardin pleaded guilty to the 2017 murder of James Appleton, 59, a city water employee who was found shot in the face inside his work truck, KNWA reported.—
Stepheny Price , Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
26 May 2025
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Expect weird alliances, big-picture moves and a surprising level of camaraderie that inspires the whole tribe.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
31 May 2025
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Is this bracket not like when one new person enters a tribe post-merge and becomes the safest to stay because of everyone else’s conflicting rivalries?—
Chris Feil,
Vulture,
30 May 2025
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Metadata management tools integrated into Big Data ecosystems provide data lineage tracing, enabling organizations to know precisely where data originates, how it’s transformed and who has accessed it.—
Shinoy Vengaramkode Bhaskaran,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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While both belong to the same species, the lineages have genetic differences.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 May 2025
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All of our hearts are broken … our sadness is gut wrenching - there’s a hole, something is missing.—
Mitchell Willetts,
Kansas City Star,
29 May 2025
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Pregnant women are at high risk for severe disease and studies show that the likelihood of miscarriage, stillbirth and pregnancy complications like preeclampsia, blood clots, heart and kidney damage and hypertension are much higher among women who develop COVID-19 during pregnancy.—
Karen Weintraub,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
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Floyd’s death, which was ruled a homicide, sparked widespread backlash after a video went viral of then-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds on May 25, 2020.—
Deena Zaru,
ABC News,
25 May 2025
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In late March, one repeat offender who was racing along killed a mother and her two young daughters, in a tragedy that should hold the city’s attention every bit as much as a shove onto the subway tracks or a gun homicide.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
24 May 2025
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“Blood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blood. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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