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Recent Examples of Synonyms for descendants
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People like Starbucks’ Howard Schultz (technically not the founder, but might as well have been) never really could let go of his baby and struggled with most of his successors.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
20 Jan. 2026 -
For some, buying seats for football was a wallet-squeezing requirement to gain access to tickets for the basketball games coached by Bob Knight and a string of successors -- a much better team and better draw.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Jan. 2026
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Across the hallway from Atlantis Kids Adventures is The Gamers Reef, a classic arcade with everything from Pac-Man to driving games, which may appeal to parents (especially those raised in the ’80s) even more than their offspring.—
Jesse Ashlock,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Jan. 2026
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In pitting his offspring against each other in a battle for the family empire Rupert Murdoch became part of a tale as old as time… A tale well told in Gabe Sherman’s Bonfire of the Murdochs.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Voyeurism, possession of indecent images of children and possession of extreme images are among the other charges filed against Young.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
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In the early 1980s, some hospitals in England stopped providing vitamin K as a routine recommendation due to an alleged association between the vitamin K shot and childhood cancer, and it was only recommended for children at high risk for bleeds.—
Dr. Jade Cobern,
ABC News,
23 Jan. 2026
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Overlooked in all the post-game hoopla and cheese-grating is the team’s management, members of the McCaskey clan, scions of legendary Bears founder George Halas, who died in 1979.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Jan. 2026
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Brothers Nicola and Andrea Olivieri, now the fifth-generation scions of a baking dynasty that dates back 143 years, are well aware of the perception challenges facing panettone in the US.—
Lisa Wong Macabasco,
Vogue,
15 Dec. 2025
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“Descendants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/descendants. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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