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as in weeping
bending downward or forward
the descendant branches of a weeping willow
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Recent Examples of descendant
Lauren Liebhaber
july 25, Miami Herald, 25 July 2025
Incorporating a mix of Spanish, Afro-Caribbean, and Indigenous influences, typical Guatemalan fare is wide-ranging and represents the many groups that have called the country home throughout its history, from colonizing Spaniards to direct descendants of Afro-Indigenous groups.
—Maliah West, AFAR Media, 23 July 2025
Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2024
Oliver Origin: German, French Meaning: Olive tree, ancestors descendant
Alternative Spellings & Variations: Olivier (French)
Famous Namesakes: Actor Oliver Hudson, athlete Oliver Kahn
Peak Popularity: Oliver jumped to the #3 most popular boy name in 2019 and has remained since.
—Casey Clark, Parents, 30 July 2024
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Adjective
Accompanying the team were descendants of the original tribes that abandoned Tetepare more than a century ago, now serving as rangers and stewards of the island.
—Lauren Liebhaber
july 25, Miami Herald, 25 July 2025
Incorporating a mix of Spanish, Afro-Caribbean, and Indigenous influences, typical Guatemalan fare is wide-ranging and represents the many groups that have called the country home throughout its history, from colonizing Spaniards to direct descendants of Afro-Indigenous groups.
—Maliah West, AFAR Media, 23 July 2025
Noun
According to data presented at the May 2 meeting, the program has paid more than $4.8 million to 193 recipients across the ancestor and descendant categories.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2024
Oliver Origin: German, French Meaning: Olive tree, ancestors descendant
Alternative Spellings & Variations: Olivier (French)
Famous Namesakes: Actor Oliver Hudson, athlete Oliver Kahn
Peak Popularity: Oliver jumped to the #3 most popular boy name in 2019 and has remained since.
—Casey Clark, Parents, 30 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for descendant
Adjective
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And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.—
David Mamet,
National Review,
11 Aug. 2022
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The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.—
Helen Shaw,
Vulture,
8 Dec. 2021
Noun
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From the current queen to her future successor, there are no doubt countless lessons for Queen Letizia to teach Princess Leonor.—
Ben Jureidini,
Glamour,
5 Aug. 2025
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Trump has refrained from endorsing a successor and declined to endorse Vice President JD Vance for the role in February.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
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To put this to the test, the researchers used an environmental cue – exposing the mothers to cold and darkness – to trigger diapause in her offspring, which was maintained for three months.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 July 2025
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What Are the Basics of DNA? DNA is the genetic material passed down from an organism to its offspring.—
Angelica Bottaro,
Verywell Health,
30 July 2025
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The event builds off of the company’s DC All In era as well as its progeny, Absolute Universe.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
16 July 2025
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Compared to the free air and 50/50 ratio, the progeny exposed to the 30/70 ratio showed a much larger reduction in cranial width and height.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
18 July 2025
Noun
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If the story of media scion Shari Redstone’s attempt to sell off Paramount Global to fellow media scion David Ellison were a TV show, it would probably be called Ridiculousness.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
31 July 2025
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The 43,000-square-foot Irene Forte Spa, created by the daughter of British Italian hotel scion and de la Ville owner Sir Rocco Forte, is stocked with her eponymous skincare line of all-natural ingredients grown on the family’s Sicilian resort.—
Erica Firpo,
AFAR Media,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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Of the other methods – including electrocution, lethal gas and hanging – lethal injection had the highest botch rate of more than 7%. ‘An embrace of brutality’ Still, states have remained averse to the firing squad, a position that experts who spoke to CNN believe stems from its overt violence.—
Dakin Andone,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
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The neutral material keeps it from looking like an eye sore and can be expanded for more hanging space as needed.—
Micaela Arnett,
Rolling Stone,
10 Jan. 2024
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As the oldest of three children, Fitzgerald had also just started living on his own in Manhattan, per the obit.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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This includes the purple flowers wrapped in black tissue and ribbon that Sharon Osbourne and their children left at the Black Sabbath bench.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Descendant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/descendant. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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