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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.
—
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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New leader, same problems Just as Starmer inherited a lackluster economy, so too will his successor.
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Council members chose to open a public application to find her successor, and more than 110 people applied for the job.
Adjective
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With bowed heads, friends and classmates wrapped their arms around each other.
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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.
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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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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Family was a major theme of the night, with numerous stars spotlighting their talented progeny, as was the importance of soulful artistry.
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That that fondness would define the very identity of her progeny?
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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The Kennedy scion is running in one of the country's wealthiest congressional districts — covering much of the center of Manhattan — but faces questions about his lack of work experience against more seasoned opponents.
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The Kennedy scion is running in one of the country’s wealthiest congressional districts — covering much of the center of Manhattan — but faces questions about his lack of work experience against more seasoned opponents.
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“Descendant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/descendant. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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