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as in bowing
bending downward or forward
the descendant branches of a weeping willow
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Recent Examples of descendant
Christopher Hernandez, The Conversation, 29 Jan. 2026
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
Mark David, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2026
That comprehensive toll is one of the central focuses of a key report by Geoffrey Roth, a Standing Rock Sioux descendant, former vice chair of the Permanent Forum, and board chair of the Indigenous Determinants of Health Alliance, an international Indigenous health advocacy nonprofit.
—Anita Hofschneider, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
In these cases, an aerial laser scan without local or descendant consent becomes a form of surveillance, enabling outsiders to extract artifacts and appropriate other resources, including knowledge about ancestral remains.
—Christopher Hernandez, The Conversation, 29 Jan. 2026
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
Noun
Chapin’s son, Roy Chapin IV, a descendant of the founder of the Hudson Motor Company, later helped formalize the partnership, and Brown has overseen the estate’s winemaking operation since its first commercial vintage in 2012.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2026
That comprehensive toll is one of the central focuses of a key report by Geoffrey Roth, a Standing Rock Sioux descendant, former vice chair of the Permanent Forum, and board chair of the Indigenous Determinants of Health Alliance, an international Indigenous health advocacy nonprofit.
—Anita Hofschneider, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for descendant
Noun
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But for the second time in less than six years, Iger has selected the theme park guy as his successor.—
Roland Betancourt,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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Rosenbaum passed away last month, and court records do not show the appointment of a successor in Rose’s case.—
Rafael Olmeda,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Apr. 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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In October 2024, Lun Lun, Yang Yang, and their two youngest offspring returned to China.—
Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Her offspring hatch the next year.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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With bowed heads, friends and classmates wrapped their arms around each other.—
Keri Heath,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Mar. 2026
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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
Noun
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In the final battle against Papa Bowser and his progeny, Mario and Peach leap over the giant King Koopa on the lava bridge and send him tumbling into the molten river below.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Apr. 2026
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To match the progeny of the pros, ambitious kids like Ken had to work extra hard.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
31 Mar. 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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Tech scion David Ellison and his team believes the blockbuster deal makes sense — particularly because of turmoil in the entertainment business, the company said.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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There was no longer any mechanism to manufacture trust and stimulate voluntary citizen idea generation and problem solving, no space any more for spontaneous working informality for business leaders, educators, politicians, public officials, wealthy scions of old families, clergy, etc.—
Stephen B. Young,
Twin Cities,
12 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Then, the repetitive descending melody is interrupted and restarts; in this musical rupture the trance is broken.—
Holden Seidlitz,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Descendant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/descendant. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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