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descendants

noun

variants also descendents
plural of descendant
as in successors

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  1. successors
  2. offspring
  3. children
  4. scions
Noun
  • The threshold comes when a system can create a successor capable of creating successors of its own.
    — Regan Peng, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Neither Washington nor Beijing benefits from losing control of systems capable of autonomous replication, accelerating the development of their own successors, evading oversight, or enabling catastrophic biological or cyber harm.
    — Shlomit Wagman, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of successors
Noun
  • That means Mexican nationality can continue in perpetuity even if future offspring never set foot in the country — so long as their parent was a Mexican national.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • These four eggs are usually the birds’ one hope during the whole year of producing offspring; the festive godwits of Chiloé become, in the breeding grounds, measured, quiet, and focussed.
    — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of offspring
Noun
  • The library already accounts for inappropriate materials for children?
    — Robert Steinbuch, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Ruckrich recalled that Pontoriero was especially adept at interviewing women and children who had endured something traumatic.
    — David Mendell, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of children
Noun
  • In advance of the World Cup, NetJets signed Lionel Messi as an ambassador, including a private youth clinic for the scions of its fractional-share owners.
    — Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • The political scions — and many of their family members — were divided by the 2024 presidential election.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 18 June 2026
Definition of scions
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