as in pedigrees
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
a family of good breeding that is well respected in the community
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Noun
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Quarterbacks Brock Purdy and Jalen Hurts have outstanding pedigrees and produced in Super Bowls yet still have their detractors nationwide and within the fan base.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
6 Jan. 2026 -
Last year, all five nominees boasted international pedigrees.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
16 Dec. 2025
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Most of these acquisitions occurred during a relatively narrow window in the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous, some 140 million years ago, just before many major lineages began to diverge quickly (in evolutionary terms, anyway).—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 Jan. 2026
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The lineages appear to have co-existed in the region for a time.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Dec. 2025
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But many Chicanos trace their lineage to indigenous peoples who survived Spanish colonization, often carrying mixed indigenous, Spanish, and other ancestries, a testament to survival and cultural fusion.—
David Alvarado,
Time,
15 Dec. 2025
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This lack of representation is problematic for people of different ancestries because genetic risk factors differ across populations.—
Rachel Nuwer,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
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The seal texts often introduced the owners with their names, genealogies, gender, professions and hometowns.—
Serdar Yalçin,
The Conversation,
3 Nov. 2025
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Transcripts, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of codices, correspondence, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, Maya Society materials, genealogies of Maya families, and Mayan glyphs on moveable type.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Sep. 2025
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But the fifth-year senior with strong football bloodlines — his dad Blake was a first-round pick in the 1995 NFL Draft and played nine seasons in the NFL — came in prepared.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
28 Dec. 2025
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And the intergenerational relationships within families not only carry the inheritance of civilization and bloodlines but also, due to differences in each generation’s stance and responsibilities, lead people to make to distinct choices when facing disasters.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Dec. 2025
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Spain, Portugal, Italy, Malta, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel, Palestine and Lebanon all have sites with Phoenician origins.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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The origins of Short’s Black Dahlia nickname date back long before her murder.—
Alex Gurley,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Breedings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breedings. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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