heredities

noun

plural of heredity
as in genealogies
formal the natural process by which physical and mental qualities are passed from a parent to a child Heredity plays no part in the disease.

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  1. genealogies
  2. blood
  3. relatives
  4. successions
  5. family trees
  6. families
  7. races
Noun
  • To anyone accustomed to the usual genealogies of either Judd or late-twentieth-century architecture, his choice of Alexander might have been startling.
    — Julian Rose, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Sometimes, though, these genealogies of behavior can seem beside the point, serving only to dull one’s analysis of the situation.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of genealogies
Noun
  • The treatment also returned the aging immune system to a more youthful state, including changes to the marrow’s blood-producing tissues.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Breast arterial calcification is calcium buildup in the walls of medium-sized arteries that carry blood through the breast.
    — Matthew Nudy, The Conversation, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of blood
Noun
  • Additional speakers included members of the Ben Crump civil rights law firm, who stood by Frimpong's relatives.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • In addition to working as a home health aide for 18 years, Espina-Espinal, 55, raised four children, including a son who was murdered in 2009, relatives said.
    — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of relatives
Noun
  • The regime has survived famine, international sanctions, and leadership successions.
    — Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026
  • France has endured record-breaking successions of heatwaves this summer, which have led to massive wildfires and a spike in the normal death rate, according to French public health services.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of successions
Noun
  • Kurin is also senior author of a paper describing the methods that connected the former US president to Hemings’ descendants, which involved delving deep into the genetics of the Jefferson and Hemings family trees.
    — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Many of them supplement the text with photographs, epigraphs, glossaries, family trees, sketches, timelines, variant tables of contents, alternating fonts and notes to the reader.
    — Christopher Coffman, The Conversation, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of family trees
Noun
  • This approach would protect families of different faiths while leaving curriculum decisions to state and local officials.
    — Ilya Shapiro, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Furthermore, this bill would deliver direct, tangible benefits to everyday American families.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of families
Noun
  • Rockefeller's vast wealth was always a source of conversation and an undercurrent in his political races.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Democrats made high power bills, clean energy and stricter scrutiny of data center contracts the focus on their races.
    — Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of races
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