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In 1975, the year Diana turned 14, the family moved to Althorp House, the Spencer family's ancestral home in Northamptonshire, where her brother Charles continues to live today and where she is buried.
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Janine Henni, People.com, 29 July 2025
This creative liberty helped expand the scope of his story, pushing the boundaries of what storytelling can look like in a future shaped by technology and ancestral memory.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 14 July 2025
President Trump will conclude his four-day trip to his ancestral homeland of Scotland on Tuesday.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 28 July 2025
Every gesture, every movement, every action, repeated for over 500 years like a ritual, carries both ancestral mystery and the defiance of what refuses to disappear.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 28 July 2025
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Janine Henni, People.com, 29 July 2025
This creative liberty helped expand the scope of his story, pushing the boundaries of what storytelling can look like in a future shaped by technology and ancestral memory.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 14 July 2025
President Trump will conclude his four-day trip to his ancestral homeland of Scotland on Tuesday.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 28 July 2025
Every gesture, every movement, every action, repeated for over 500 years like a ritual, carries both ancestral mystery and the defiance of what refuses to disappear.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ancestral
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While the stock market soared to historic highs this week, the latest report from the consumer price index showed the cost of some everyday goods is climbing and the Federal Reserve announced that, across the board, inflation was unchanged.—
Grace Miserocchi,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
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Replays indicated the right-hander could’ve stopped and set his feet, but adrenaline amid a historic performance makes such clear thinking impossible.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
16 Aug. 2025
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Long-standing staples have secured the Scottish capital’s place on the hospitality map, setting a tone that’s both old-world and wonderfully warm.—
Katharine Sohn,
Architectural Digest,
15 Aug. 2025
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Almost none of the Jewish characters in this production speak in old-world accents.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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With ancient mountain ranges and historic trails, Travelers Rest truly gets more beautiful with age.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
17 Aug. 2025
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India’s culture — ancient, old, and new — isn’t neat.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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In the late 1960s, his fellow Brit Marc Bolan — frontman of Tyrannosaurus Rex, which later became T. Rex — was concurrently paying dues and shaping a new sound that would inject a mix of esoteric lyrics, folkie psychedelia and androgyny into old-time rock & roll.—
Jeremy Helligar,
People.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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Just steps away, on the other side of Alturas Street, is Goody’s Soda Fountain, an old-time ice cream and candy parlor.—
Angela Palermo
July 31,
Idaho Statesman,
31 July 2025
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This city is surrounded by an array of activities like flea markets, gardens, beautiful mountainous landscapes, old silver mines and remarkable Mexican historical monuments.—
Paula Soria,
AZCentral.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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The market-at-large is expensive by historical metrics.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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Teams fall into habitual roles, and no number of workshops or retreats will help unless those roles are identified and disrupted.—
Jerry Colonna,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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There are many reasons to distrust Netanyahu: his habitual lying; his willingness to prop up his coalition with religious zealots and racists; his brutal, protracted prosecution of the war in Gaza, a strategy that seems motivated in no small measure by a desire to cling to power.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
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Successive administrations let the old broadcast arms of American government abroad — Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia — slide into well-meaning obsolescence.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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The fast-growing turbine business accounts for two-thirds of his net worth of $2 billion, with the rest mostly from a stake in the legacy company Triveni Engineering & Industries, which Sawhney’s older brother, Tarun, 51, runs as vice chairman and managing director.—
Anu Raghunathan,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Ancestral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ancestral. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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