Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ancestresses
Noun
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Soto hopes her painting reminds everyone of their home, reminding them of their childhood and maybe with their grandmothers while also honoring the way immigrant families carry their culture through food, rituals and storytelling.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
7 June 2026 -
After a day out on the town, relax in the Les Ambassadeurs lounge, which draws see-and-be-seen Parisians with live music and a selection of over 100 Champagnes, or in the spa, with its indoor heated pool and treatments inspired by the beauty secrets of French grandmothers and great-grandmothers.—
Matt Ortile,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
Noun
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Velociraptors and microraptors were not birds, but they were closely related to ancestors of the earliest birds, such as Archaeopteryx.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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The behavior may be inherited from wild ancestors Why dogs like grass in the first place is harder to answer.—
Niranjana Rajalakshmi,
Popular Science,
4 June 2026
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For most of its centuries-long history, su filindeu was a tradition passed down through a single line of matriarchs from Nuoro, a town in the mountainous interior of the island.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
19 May 2026
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But Sterling also likes to return to her roots and whip up a simple 15-minute pasta dinner that reminds her of one of her beloved matriarchs.—
Karla Walsh,
CNN Money,
12 May 2026
Noun
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Watching their metronomic thriller does more to suggest the arrival of a hyper-sexualized answer to the Coen brothers than the progeny of William Gibson or the progenitors of multiplex psychedelia.—
Nick Newman,
IndieWire,
1 June 2026
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Its story of five girls — all navigating preteenagerdom under the stewardship of their tragically well-meaning white dads — stands firmly on its own legs, even staring down some of its progenitors.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
20 May 2026
Noun
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Reopening the door to China in 1972, Richard Nixon reawakened his forebears’ dream of making China embrace American-style democracy and capitalism.—
Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
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When Stanley Tucci isn’t busy making hit movies like The Devil Wears Prada 2, he can often be found in Italy, the land of his forebears.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
30 May 2026
Noun
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Our economic systems are not serving the people who live here, whose forefathers established this new republic, and our grandparents actualized the peak of its success.—
Linh Tat,
Oc Register,
4 May 2026
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Moritz Grossmann was one of the forefathers of German watchmaking in Glashütte.—
Victoria Gomelsky,
Robb Report,
30 Mar. 2026
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Opponents hope to negotiate a compromise that grandfathers in existing applicants.—
Joe Rubin,
Sacbee.com,
31 May 2026
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Homer is named after both of his grandfathers—Homer Gere and James Lowell—while his third name comes from Gere’s Buddhist background.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
27 May 2026
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“Ancestresses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ancestresses. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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