as in genealogies
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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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The seal texts often introduced the owners with their names, genealogies, gender, professions and hometowns.—
Serdar Yalçin,
The Conversation,
3 Nov. 2025 -
Transcripts, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of codices, correspondence, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, Maya Society materials, genealogies of Maya families, and Mayan glyphs on moveable type.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For example, people drinking water containing PFOS will typically have levels 50 to 100 times higher in their blood than were measured in the water.—
Carrie McDonough,
The Conversation,
29 May 2026
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Among humans, Ebola spreads through contact with blood, bodily fluids or the bodies of infected people who died.—
Jane Weaver,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
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In Israel, relatives mourned soldier Sergeant Rotem Yanai, who was killed yesterday in a drone attack launched from Lebanon.—
Kyla Guilfoil,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
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In just two days, La Coalición Latinoamericana received 1,700 calls from families facing financial hardship, many of them directly affected by the detention of relatives.—
Yuliana Montiel,
Charlotte Observer,
29 May 2026
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Plant additional successions of sunflowers every week or two to enjoy blooms later in the summer.—
Alexandra Jones,
The Spruce,
11 May 2026
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Everyone—prospective leaders, the target company, the investors and the local community—can benefit from this approach, according to YMFG Capital, which has orchestrated 12 business successions so far.—
Japan Contributor,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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The Oscar-winning actress and former Vogue editor-in-chief are related, according to an analysis of family trees and public records done by DNA testing company Ancestry.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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Unfortunately, those answers often appear directly in public family trees.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
18 Mar. 2026
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Special occasions celebrators, romantic weekenders, limelight-shunning VIPs, and families who want to be by the water can all be found lounging around the resort.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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My heart breaks for the families of these young people.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
26 May 2026
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That’s why close races can shift long after the last voter leaves a polling place.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
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Voters across California decided the top two candidates to advance to the general election in races for governor and other statewide offices and Congress.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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“Heredities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heredities. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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