as in lineage
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
a Cambodian immigrant who can trace her Khmer ancestry as far back as the 16th century
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Recent Examples of ancestry
With Mercury entering Scorpio on the 6th, joining Mars, and the Sun following on the 23rd, October spotlights your sector of home, ancestry, family, and emotional foundations.
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Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 30 Sep. 2025
It’s estimated to affect up to 7 in 100,000 people, most often of European ancestry, and appears to be less common among other groups.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
Lewis, who was of Black and Native American ancestry, carved a career in 19th-century Rome against impossible odds.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 24 Sep. 2025
The study also showed that today’s dogs carry ancestry from multiple wolf populations and not just one.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ancestry
Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 30 Sep. 2025
It’s estimated to affect up to 7 in 100,000 people, most often of European ancestry, and appears to be less common among other groups.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
Lewis, who was of Black and Native American ancestry, carved a career in 19th-century Rome against impossible odds.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 24 Sep. 2025
The study also showed that today’s dogs carry ancestry from multiple wolf populations and not just one.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ancestry
Noun
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Together, these laureates represent a powerful lineage of women who have risked personal freedom to advance civil liberties and promote democratic reform worldwide.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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The various lineages of Ursuța’s work are unmistakable.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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In 2023, the county coroner’s office worked with Othram to try to identify the remains using forensic genetic genealogy, deputies said.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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Ultimately, Jackson learned the name of a possible suspect through the use of genetic genealogy that had been done in South Carolina in 2018.—
Jean Casarez,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 2025
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The third phase materialized over the last year and a half, and delves deeper into origin.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
10 Oct. 2025
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Working on these inward-looking songs has allowed Teasdale and Chambers to feel less hemmed in by their origin story, one that was drawn early on by the press and then chiseled in stone.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2025
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The film looks like a million bucks, has a high pedigree of talent, and mistakes constant poking for conversation, endless buzzwords for a buffet of food for thought, incendiary hypotheticals for insight.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Oct. 2025
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The franchise looks to integrate its future, Flagg, with championship-pedigree veterans like Irving and Davis in hopes of hoisting its first Larry O’Brien Trophy since 2011.—
Aaron Tolentino,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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This rapid descent keeps the drone stable in turbulent air and minimizes wind interference.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Oct. 2025
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The elder Mamdani grew up in Uganda, in East Africa, in a community of Ugandans of Indian descent, known as the Bayindi, who played a prominent role in the country until Idi Amin expelled them en masse in 1972.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Linda, who is a therapist, must balance her job with the inevitably time-consuming repairs, which grind to a halt when a contractor has a family emergency.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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Being a great place to work is about structure as well as culture, whether the business in question is listed, family-owned or private equity-backed.—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
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The Thai government designated a Thai Buffalo Conservation Day beginning in 2017 and local governments now provide breeding assistance to farmers.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
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Watch for more introductions in the coming years as breeding efforts begin to yield results.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Ancestry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ancestry. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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