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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
Pin Yen Tan 9 Min Ago,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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.
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Christopher Hernandez,
The Conversation,
29 Jan. 2026
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
17 June 2026
And thank you to reader Ron, a descendant of one of the paper’s founders, for the reminder of such an auspicious occasion (and Producer Nicole, a front page-finding magician).
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Aj Willingham,
AJC.com,
16 June 2026
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Adjective
For decades, the bottle lay undisturbed in the family cellar until 2011, following the death of descendant Patrick de Brou de Laurière.
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Pin Yen Tan 9 Min Ago,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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.
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Christopher Hernandez,
The Conversation,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
And also God help him if anyone on the island finds out that Evan is the last [descendant].
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Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
17 June 2026
And thank you to reader Ron, a descendant of one of the paper’s founders, for the reminder of such an auspicious occasion (and Producer Nicole, a front page-finding magician).
—
Aj Willingham,
AJC.com,
16 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for descendant
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.
Noun
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The government has increasingly squeezed freedoms under his successor, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who was reelected to a second term in 2024.
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Most notably, Lucid Chief Financial Officer Taoufiq Boussaid will leave the company after a handover to his successor, Alexander De Bock, who most recently served as CFO of automotive supplier TI Automotive.
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.
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The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.
Noun
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For fruit crops, Pritts explains that offspring are often lower in quality than either parent.
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After the network successfully pulled together a motley crew of Real Housewives offspring and their Manhattan socialite friends last year, the gang is back for a second season in the city.
Adjective
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The three-part framework is, at its core, a descending order of difficulty and an ascending order of effectiveness.
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For the most part, most of them wore gowns that could fit through the revolving door at the Hotel Du Cap onto the grand descending stairway, read few came close to rivaling Skye Hankey’s boa yellow dress last year which provided an elegant challenge for exits and entrances.
Noun
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Only in these United States can the progeny of people once portrayed as parasites and invaders side with those making the same argument about the latest batch of newcomers.
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That that fondness would define the very identity of her progeny?
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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.
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Visit a Museum of Rare Trees … The Folly Tree Arboretum in Springs is an outdoor museum of 250-plus rare trees curated by artist Tucker Marder, a scion of a local landscaping family.
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The 44-year-old singer's children, Sean Preston, 20, and Jayden James, 19, made a rare joint public appearance at Paris Men's Fashion Week after TMZ reported that the two would achieve a runway milestone together during the days-long sartorial event overseas.
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Sandra Cherfrere, an attorney and child of Haitian immigrants, highlighted the practical complications for families with children born abroad.
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“Descendant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/descendant. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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