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Recent Examples of Synonyms for descendants
Noun
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As Red Sox legends Pedro Martinez, David Ortiz and Dennis Eckersley looked on from various vantage points in the ballpark, their successors played without success.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025 -
Star Trek is different; the resolutely sci-fi voyages of James T Kirk, Jean-Luc Picard, and their successors on the final frontier are much more likely to be underpinned by science or, at least, the franchise's version of it.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This includes communication between parents and offspring and mature animals of opposite sexes communicating attraction, mate choice, and trail following.—
Ashleigh N. DeLuca,
Parents,
16 Sep. 2025
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Sharks are slow to mature and produce relatively few offspring, so even small reductions in reproductive output can have ripple effects across populations.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Dinner and show tickets are $43-$47, $33 for children 15 and younger and for show-only.—
Eric E. Harrison,
Arkansas Online,
11 Sep. 2025
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The couple shared two young children, a son and a daughter.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Getty Images Eligible claimants who used Facebook during the 15-year period and filed a claim by August 25, 2023 will be notified via email several days before their payment is issued.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Kennedy has said the program disadvantages claimants because the Department of Health and Human Services is the defendant, as opposed to vaccine makers.—
Tiger Joyce,
Boston Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Descendants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/descendants. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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