descendants

noun

variants also descendents
plural of descendant
as in successors

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  1. successors
  2. offspring
  3. children
  4. scions
Noun
  • Two of the emperor’s eligible successors are Hitachi, Naruhito’s 90-year-old uncle, and his younger brother Akishino, 60.
    — Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
  • His company is planning three special edition Huayra models in honor of this particular milestone, a further example of how Pagani models refuse to go gracefully, even as their successors—in this case the Utopia—step up.
    — Jason Barlow, Robb Report, 13 July 2026
Definition of successors
Noun
  • After several generations, those faster-growing cells produced more offspring and became increasingly common in the population, demonstrating a basic form of natural selection.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • Instead, the system simply makes a bunch of copies to increase the probability that some of them will end up in each of the offspring.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026
Definition of offspring
Noun
  • This historic event, a partnership with Global Citizen, aims to raise funds for the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund, supporting education and soccer opportunities for children worldwide.
    — Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Maiklem observed that most nineteenth-century mudlarks, searching desperately for goods from the river, were women and children.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 17 July 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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