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Recent Examples of ancestral
As Wednesday’s spirit guide, Weems reminds Wednesday that psychic abilities are ancestral, and that her estrangement from her mother was preventing her from getting her visions back.
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Selome Hailu, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
The group is a program of Rios to Rivers, an international organization that supports Indigenous youth from seven countries and 21 Indigenous nations to connect — or in some cases, reconnect — to their ancestral waters.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
Konovaliuk and hundreds of other Ukrainian Americans recently celebrated the 34th anniversary of their ancestral nation’s independence with a march and rally in downtown Chicago.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
With the cliff dwellings of the ancestral Puebloans all around, there's a timeless feeling.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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Selome Hailu, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
The group is a program of Rios to Rivers, an international organization that supports Indigenous youth from seven countries and 21 Indigenous nations to connect — or in some cases, reconnect — to their ancestral waters.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
Konovaliuk and hundreds of other Ukrainian Americans recently celebrated the 34th anniversary of their ancestral nation’s independence with a march and rally in downtown Chicago.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
With the cliff dwellings of the ancestral Puebloans all around, there's a timeless feeling.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ancestral
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Once a 19th-century military outpost, Fort Robinson now combines historic sites with miles of hiking and horseback trails.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Sep. 2025
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The historic new daytime drama Beyond the Gates has officially set its second crossover with one of its CBS sister series, and its first from The Bold and the Beautiful.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Sep. 2025
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All this plays out against the Borg’s family home in Oslo, an old-world cottage that looks sprung from a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, but holding generations of memories and trauma, embedded in its walls.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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Home offices also benefit from old-world wallpaper.—
Sophie Flaxman,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Sep. 2025
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Klein now had most of the funds needed to save a unique stand of ancient forest.—
David Gelles,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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One would hope the Chicken Man, friend of ancient chickens, would eat less chicken, after all.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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And the decor is still the same paneled walls with old-time ads for Nehi and Cepacol.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
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For years, when my wife and I took our kids and drove the eight-plus-hour drive to the beach for summer vacations, Cracker Barrel was our go-to for meals and old-time candy.—
Greg Petro,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Backdropped against empty space, absent any signifying detail or decoration, Mockrin’s once historical figures and details exist only in the here and now.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Many of these local gems are cozy relics that house unique pieces that evoke a sense of nostalgia, hold a coveted aesthetic or have historical significance.—
Olivia Lee,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Sep. 2025
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In The Humane Interface, Raskin not only discusses concepts such as leaping and habitual command behaviors but means of quantitative assessment as well.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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Reported habitual exposure to violent media was also a risk factor for dangerous behavior around firearms, researchers noted.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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Smith replied that private schools must submit renewal packets every year before they are approved to continue participation in the accounts program, and that the agency compares the new tuition rates against the older rates.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Sep. 2025
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The reversal marks just one example of how Trump is rewriting Republicans’ decades-old playbook on countering Beijing’s influence in the United States and abroad.—
Christian Datoc,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Ancestral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ancestral. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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