as in lineage
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
a woman of good pedigree
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Recent Examples of pedigree
But despite its pedigree and coastal Aegean bearings, Maxx Royal Bodrum Resort, which opened in May 2024 on the north end of the peninsula, is very much a cosmopolitan luxury resort.
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Marcia Desanctis, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2025
Bruckheimer attributes the early frenzy around the project to the package’s pedigree: an appealing story, an A-list star and the global popularity of Formula One.
—Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
Few leagues around the world can match the strictness of MLS’ rules and regulations, which limit how teams can spend across their entire roster and force teams to focus their expenditures on only a handful of leading players regardless of their age or pedigree.
—Jeff Rueter, New York Times, 22 June 2025
The Board of Governors rejection of former University of Michigan president Santa Ono for the University of Florida presidency earlier this month confirmed that Florida is no longer interested in academic pedigree.
—Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 19 June 2025
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Marcia Desanctis, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2025
Bruckheimer attributes the early frenzy around the project to the package’s pedigree: an appealing story, an A-list star and the global popularity of Formula One.
—Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
Few leagues around the world can match the strictness of MLS’ rules and regulations, which limit how teams can spend across their entire roster and force teams to focus their expenditures on only a handful of leading players regardless of their age or pedigree.
—Jeff Rueter, New York Times, 22 June 2025
The Board of Governors rejection of former University of Michigan president Santa Ono for the University of Florida presidency earlier this month confirmed that Florida is no longer interested in academic pedigree.
—Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pedigree
Noun
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Edward Monreal, who was partially raised by his aunt Doll, shared stories of his lineage, but never spoke of the fire that claimed his own family.—
William Lee,
Chicago Tribune,
5 July 2025
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Bill Thomas, the inheritor of a lineage that began in 1911, is retiring.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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The results give key findings from over 265 health tests, identify over 365 dog breeds, and provide insights into genetics and ancestry.—
Molly Higgins,
Wired News,
8 July 2025
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In 2017, social media users dragged Blake Lively for claiming to have indigenous ancestry in a L'Oreal Paris makeup commercial.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
Noun
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Genetic genealogy: Building the family tree of a serial killer Retiree Barbara Rae-Venter never anticipated that her hobby of researching her family tree would lead to the capture of one of the most notorious criminals in California, the Golden State Killer.—
David Morgan
July 11,
CBS News,
11 July 2025
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The victim was identified through genealogy, and the coroner’s office is waiting on a final report from a private lab before making his ID public, Jellison said.—
Jake Allen,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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Over the years, there have been banding efforts by researchers to track the travel patterns across breeding populations found in the Caribbean and Yucatan Peninsula.—
Valentina Sandoval,
Miami Herald,
9 July 2025
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The captive breeding programs have already started showing encouraging results, with a rare litter of Arabian leopard triplets being born at the RCU’s Arabian Leopard Conservation Breeding Centre in Taif back in December 2024.—
Indrabati Lahiri,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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No origin story, Gunn’s version begins with Superman having lost his first-ever battle off-camera, back in Metropolis.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
9 July 2025
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Gunn has no interest in easing you into this new world with an origin story or exposition dump.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
9 July 2025
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“Pedigree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pedigree. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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