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Recent Examples of ancestral
When his grandmother also falls ill and prepares to cross the Kuriyako, the sacred place where her people go to die, an ancestral presence arrives in the house, blurring the boundary between the living and the dead.
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Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
The former couple married at Althorp House, the Spencer family's ancestral home in Northamptonshire, England, in 2011 and share daughter Charlotte Diana, 13, whose middle name honors her late aunt Diana.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
Hathaway has pointed to Mejia’s views on Israel, emphasizing an instance at a party forum earlier this year when the Democratic candidate did not raise her hand in support of a question about whether Jewish people have the right to self-determination in their ancestral homeland.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 16 Apr. 2026
The artwork focuses on the oldest living things from the land, sky, waters, living beings, ancestral knowledge, and spirituality, and focuses on how Indigenous people connect with the past and the future in Australia.
—Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
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Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
The former couple married at Althorp House, the Spencer family's ancestral home in Northamptonshire, England, in 2011 and share daughter Charlotte Diana, 13, whose middle name honors her late aunt Diana.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
Hathaway has pointed to Mejia’s views on Israel, emphasizing an instance at a party forum earlier this year when the Democratic candidate did not raise her hand in support of a question about whether Jewish people have the right to self-determination in their ancestral homeland.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 16 Apr. 2026
The artwork focuses on the oldest living things from the land, sky, waters, living beings, ancestral knowledge, and spirituality, and focuses on how Indigenous people connect with the past and the future in Australia.
—Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ancestral
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Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar called on Iran and the United States to keep their commitment to maintain a ceasefire, after both countries ended historic face-to-face talks without an agreement.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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The astronauts snapped thousands of photos during their historic pass around the moon, shot video and recorded their personal observations to give researchers insights based on the color sensitivity of the human eye.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Nicole Spurlock is a designer based in Amarillo, TX, who specializes in interiors with an old-world flair.—
Tessa Cooper,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Apr. 2026
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Just a 40-minute drive southwest of Tivoli Gardens, the 156-room property is a coastal reprieve in the old-world, cobblestoned town of Køge.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Apr. 2026
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The variety of organic molecules observed suggests that some chemical diversity has been preserved in ancient Martian sediments despite billions of years of diagenesis (the process by which sediment turns to rock) and radiation exposure.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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For the Sake of the Children is an audio series following Justin Lucas’ journey in rallying his small, tightknit town of Moriah to stand up to their ancient foreboding gods – alien beings known as the Architects that are thought to be humanity’s creators.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
21 Apr. 2026
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Texas’ temple of old-time Reuben or Ruthie deli sandwiches had not taken credit cards for 60 years.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Apr. 2026
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One permanent gallery features some of the Hilberts’ collection of 400 old-time radios.—
Penny E Schwartz,
Oc Register,
13 Apr. 2026
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Students walk past paintings of historical scenes that include Betsy Ross sewing an American flag and down hallways lined with portraits of the Founding Fathers.—
Lauren Lumpkin,
Washington Post,
20 Apr. 2026
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As the study authors stated, the historical sources on the Roman Empire typically don’t include information about the provinces far from the capital.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Apr. 2026
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Google was also charged as a violent habitual offender, which adds to the potential sentence.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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The unusual condition is on the rise in the United States, experts say, with emergency rooms seeing more and more habitual users of cannabis, including teenagers, arriving for care.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
20 Apr. 2026
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The 31-year-old faced five batters and allowed all five to reach base.—
James O'Connell,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2026
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Since the Iran war started, officials say, some counterterrorism specialists who had been reassigned to immigration have returned to their old roles, creating a whiplash that can disrupt investigations and analysis.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Ancestral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ancestral. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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