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also descendent
as in bowing
bending downward or forward
the descendant branches of a weeping willow
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Recent Examples of descendant
Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
The joy that African and Afro-descendant visitors described upon obtaining their All African People’s Community passport was overwhelming, and the sense of belonging to this global community was liberating.
—Dread Scott, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2025
Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
Until recently, the Neighbor Program also offered free breakfast, a direct descendant of the Black Panthers’ Free Breakfast For School Children program, started in 1969.
—Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 13 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
Lansing shared the night with new friends like Spanish royal HRH Princess Eulalia de Orléans-Borbon and Winston Churchill's descendant Lady Araminta Spencer-Churchill.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
The joy that African and Afro-descendant visitors described upon obtaining their All African People’s Community passport was overwhelming, and the sense of belonging to this global community was liberating.
—Dread Scott, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2025
Noun
Ask a member, or a descendent of a member, of AIM, the American Indian Movement, which was founded here in Minneapolis.
—Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026
Until recently, the Neighbor Program also offered free breakfast, a direct descendant of the Black Panthers’ Free Breakfast For School Children program, started in 1969.
—Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 13 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for descendant
Noun
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The band’s many performances at the Poway Center for the Performing Arts are due to great relationships built with former Poway OnStage CEO Michael Rennie, who retired in 2022, and his successor Sharlene O’Keefe, Intravaia said.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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D’Amaro, of course, cut his teeth in experiences before being named as Bob Iger’s successor.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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James O’Donoghue, a planetary scientist with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, likened our planet’s tilting phenomenon to a nodding head.—
Aylin Woodward,
WSJ,
21 Dec. 2021
Noun
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Like other large birds, mom and dad work together to ensure their offspring will survive.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
AZCentral.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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Curled at the forelegs is a smaller camel’s carcass, likely its offspring.—
Anel Rakhimzhanova,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Instead of your standard dress shoes, Styles finished the look with a perfect pair of minty-green ballet flats with bowed laces.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
2 Feb. 2026
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The building with its bowed windows and a Queen Ann tower had already been around for nine years before its owner placed a classified ad in a July 1897 issue of The Kansas City Times.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
19 Nov. 2025
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But now, after the assassination of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and with the collapse of the Iranian regime looking more likely, the IRGC and its progeny are in an existential moment.—
Colin P. Clarke,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2026
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Their new study published today in the journal Nature indicates that a specific molecular group inside the brain may largely determine how dads react to their progeny.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
18 Feb. 2026
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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Since Mojtaba’s selection as supreme leader was announced yesterday, other supporters have pressed the narrative of clerical scion as agent of change.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
9 Mar. 2026
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This caused the industry to turn on Ellison, who was dismissed in some corners as a billionaire’s scion who could afford to lose money on prestige fare.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Mar. 2026
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Rodin himself got married in 1961, to the psychologist Jill Schwab, and raised four children.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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None of the 140 children, teachers and staff inside the synagogue were injured, authorities said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Descendant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/descendant. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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