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Recent Examples of ancestral
Jean has spent much of his career as a roving ambassador for Haiti, becoming a key figure in the jaspora (or diaspora, a term that refers to the scattering of people away from their ancestral homeland in Haiti).
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Emma Madden, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
Tyshenko yearns to one day take her 12-year-old daughter to Ukraine to see their ancestral homeland for the first time.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
Zionism is the belief that the Jewish people have a right to establish a Jewish nation-state in their ancestral homeland in the Middle East.
—ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
DiBattista got the call to make the Winter Olympics jackets for the 2018 Games in PyeongChang, then for the 2022 Games in Beijing and now, in a full-circle moment for his family, for the 2026 Games in their ancestral homeland.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 20 Feb. 2026
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Emma Madden, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
Tyshenko yearns to one day take her 12-year-old daughter to Ukraine to see their ancestral homeland for the first time.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
Zionism is the belief that the Jewish people have a right to establish a Jewish nation-state in their ancestral homeland in the Middle East.
—ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
DiBattista got the call to make the Winter Olympics jackets for the 2018 Games in PyeongChang, then for the 2022 Games in Beijing and now, in a full-circle moment for his family, for the 2026 Games in their ancestral homeland.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 20 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ancestral
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For an overnight stay, the Cedar Key Bed & Breakfast offers a place to lay your head close to the historic downtown.—
Carrie Honaker,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
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My bridal shower will be taking place at a historic inn, on a crystal blue Finger Lake in Upstate New York, at the end of April.—
Alexandra Ditch,
Vogue,
8 Mar. 2026
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Positano For travelers drawn to an intimate, old-world stay, Mareluna offers a charming cottage experience with primetime sea views.—
Angela Tafoya,
Vogue,
9 Mar. 2026
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Such a failure would turn a strategic bypass into a secondary environmental and economic disaster, proving that the old-world order of oil was just shattered by the closing of Iran’s key global chokepoint.—
Siddharth Misra,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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Tiny Zahara is a delight for those who want to hear only the sounds of the wind, birds, and elderly footsteps on ancient cobbles.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
10 Mar. 2026
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Although its beliefs align with Roman Catholic doctrine, including the Trinity and the divinity of Jesus, the church maintains its own distinct, ancient Eastern traditions and identity.—
Gregory Bull,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Many old-time ranching families sold their properties, which have increasingly become parks and open space preserves.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2026
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The album is credited with sparking a resurgence of interest in bluegrass and old-time folk sounds, and also introduced a new generation of listeners to the music.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
27 Feb. 2026
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Add in Paul Mescal's solid turn as an absent Bard dad who deals with the loss in his own way, plus a cathartic final act, and director Chloé Zhao's gut-wrenching historical drama has a good chance of placing high on a lot of Oscar voters' lists.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
8 Mar. 2026
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The owner of the hoard remains a mystery According to historical records, 24 households were situated on the block where the coins were left.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Mar. 2026
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Harris maintained that, like habitual drunkards, unlawful drug users may have their gun rights temporarily taken away.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
2 Mar. 2026
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Hemani's lawyers also reject the government's attempt to liken laws disarming habitual drunkards to the law disarming drug users, arguing that those early restrictions covered only people who regularly abused alcohol, not all those who drink.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
1 Mar. 2026
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Jana Kostelic, Croatia’s 19-year-old skiing sensation, becomes the second youngest woman to win the overall World Cup title.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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Brake gently as needed - Brake normally if the vehicle has anti-lock brakes and pump brakes gently if in an older vehicle.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Ancestral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ancestral. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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