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Recent Examples of ancestral
For unique lodging in the area, the yurts at Hébergement aux Cinq Sens are located in Piopolis, on ancestral Native land.
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Outside, 3 Nov. 2025
The three-story pavilion also features a Marine One helicopter, Reagan’s 1984 presidential limousine and an authentic Irish pub from his ancestral village of Ballyporeen, Ireland.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2025
Further research, including experiments to figure out the timing and conditions under which the tomato plants evolved to this ancestral state, would help confirm what caused the reversion.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
In the Isan region of Thailand, an ancestral spirit named Ba Yan has been worshiped by villagers for generations.
—Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
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Outside, 3 Nov. 2025
The three-story pavilion also features a Marine One helicopter, Reagan’s 1984 presidential limousine and an authentic Irish pub from his ancestral village of Ballyporeen, Ireland.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2025
Further research, including experiments to figure out the timing and conditions under which the tomato plants evolved to this ancestral state, would help confirm what caused the reversion.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
In the Isan region of Thailand, an ancestral spirit named Ba Yan has been worshiped by villagers for generations.
—Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ancestral
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Critics argue the ballroom's sheer scale—twice the size of the main residence—will fundamentally alter the White House's historic proportions and architectural balance.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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Present-day Michigan is the ancestral homeland of the Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi, Anishinaabe peoples forming the historic Council of Three Fires alliance, with the Indigenous presence pre-dating European settlements by more than 10,000 years.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Mineral 1886 Mineral 1886, located inside the historic Delaware Hotel, is a breakfast and brunch spot that blends old-world charm with modern culinary flair.—
Karthika Gupta,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Oct. 2025
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With an ongoing revamp courtesy of fashion’s favorite architect and designer Peter Marino, the interiors are also being given a new lease of life without losing any of the old-world glamour that has seen celebrity guests flock here for decades.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
13 Oct. 2025
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However, Thailand does not recognize the ICJ’s jurisdiction and claims that some areas along the border were never fully demarcated, including the sites of several ancient temples.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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Its Mars-like terrain has doubled for alien and ancient worlds in major international films, and shooting permits are easily obtained with no location fees.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
10 Nov. 2025
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And Guiducci is trying to revive a certain old-time magazine swagger around the 40th floor of Condé Nast’s offices at One World Trade Center.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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The retro newbies will also assuredly be polarizing from old-time favorites.—
James Raia,
Mercury News,
26 Oct. 2025
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And if Democrats win one or both chambers of Congress in the 2026 midterm elections, the checks on the president would likely revert to historical norms—perhaps even returning to the congressional assertiveness of the immediate post-Watergate era.—
Peter D. Feaver,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Nov. 2025
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There’s longstanding historical hostility between the two countries; China was a crucial Allied partner, fighting against Japan’s full-scale invasion that ended only with Tokyo’s formal surrender in 1945.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
12 Nov. 2025
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Bennett has faced several charges in recent years, including communicating threats, domestic violence, and habitual larceny.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Nov. 2025
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But the world had ended up there by passing through an unbroken series of decisions not to cut emissions and to do something else instead; and this practice had become so habitual and systemic as to threaten to determine the next phase too.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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The Chinese retailer, known for its range of cheap ultra-fast-fashion clothing and criticisms of its labor and environmental practices, is nestled on the sixth floor of a more than century-old building in Paris, a city famous for high-end fashion and a recent green push.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
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In contexts not concerning the elite private colleges of New England and their decades-old conflicts and syllabi and on-campus squabbles, this mode of prestige media procedure matters absolutely and enormously, at scales difficult to tabulate.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Ancestral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ancestral. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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