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Recent Examples of ancestral
The comedy-drama follows a Gen Z content creator who returns to her ancestral home seeking viral material, only to encounter her deceased brother’s ghost while dealing with avaricious relatives.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Apr. 2025
The driver fluke dies along with the host, but all those taking shelter in the ant’s gut finally get to their ancestral home in the sheep or cow.
—New Atlas, 12 Apr. 2025
Racial Climate: Very welcoming to African Americans exploring ancestral ties.
—Sonari Glinton, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Illustrations of this mystical force are traced back to ancestral West Africa, pre-colonization Ireland and Choktaw tribal lore, which foreshadows the presence of all three cultures in the story.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ancestral
Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Apr. 2025
The driver fluke dies along with the host, but all those taking shelter in the ant’s gut finally get to their ancestral home in the sheep or cow.
—New Atlas, 12 Apr. 2025
Racial Climate: Very welcoming to African Americans exploring ancestral ties.
—Sonari Glinton, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Illustrations of this mystical force are traced back to ancestral West Africa, pre-colonization Ireland and Choktaw tribal lore, which foreshadows the presence of all three cultures in the story.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ancestral
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The historic anniversary commemorates the first act of the country's reunification on April 30, 1975 when Communist-run North Vietnam seized Saigon, the capital of the U.S.-backed South, renamed Ho Chi Minh City shortly after the war in honor of the North's founding leader.—
Minh Nguyen and Francesco Guarascio,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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Activists who championed it argued that Black students were uniquely positioned to fail due to long-standing racial inequalities in Chicago and the result of historic and ongoing discrimination in the United States.—
Nell Salzman,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2025
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Once the haunt of luminaries like Freud and Trotsky, this grand café exudes old-world charm with its vaulted ceilings and marble columns.—
Lilah Ramzi,
Vogue,
24 Apr. 2025
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Visitors can explore the church and its picturesque grounds, experiencing the village’s old-world charm along the scenic Hudson River.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
29 Mar. 2025
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Accessible by boat, air, or an ancient Roman causeway that appears only at low tide, the sprawling 380-acre island compound is now on the market for £25 million (about $33.2 million) with Knight Frank and Fine & Country.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
1 May 2025
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There, another ancient species disappeared long ago and left behind artifacts.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
1 May 2025
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Listen to old-time music, celebrate the Man of Steel, dig for dinosaur bones, hunt for Easter eggs or save lives by giving blood.—
John Coffren,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Apr. 2025
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This is a vast overturning of the old-time natural language processing (NLP) that used to be stilted and awkward to use, which has been shifted into a new version of NLP fluency of an at times startling or amazing caliber.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The last time Border Patrol averaged fewer than 9,000 monthly apprehensions along the southern border over a year was in the late 1960s, according to historical agency figures.—
Camilo Montoya-Galvez,
CBS News,
1 May 2025
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Stringfield’s honor comes at a time when Black historical figures are being removed from government websites and the way Black history is taught is policed statewide and nationally, and as diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives are being rolled back by national corporations.—
Raisa Habersham,
Miami Herald,
1 May 2025
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In this perp’s youth, a seemingly nascent case of schizophrenia was exacerbated by habitual LSD use and the yellow nattering Thronglets, which convinced him that their chirping contains a cryptic, apocalyptic message.—
Charles Bramesco,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2025
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Smythe was ultimately charged with one count each of being an armed habitual criminal, unlawful use of a weapon of a felon and possession of more than 100 grams of cannabis.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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With Venus retrograde in Aries starting on March 1 and affecting your career and outward expression, old insecurities about your worth and ambitions may surface.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 May 2025
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The movie set, like all others, should have only had blanks on hand, but somehow a number of live rounds made their way to the location and one such bullet ended up in the gun that went off as Hutchins and Baldwin lined up a shot in an old church.—
Marco della Cava,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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“Ancestral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ancestral. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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