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
  • 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
Definition of genealogies
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  • The American Red Cross has declared an emergency blood shortage after the supply fell 25% in June.
    — Mary Ella Hastings July 16, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026
  • Butlers are kicked in the shins and told their children are ugly; a patriarch’s idiotic military decisions are venerated for their spirit; blood spilling out of a servant’s wound is more an issue for the rug.
    — Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
Definition of blood
Noun
  • That effectively restricted membership of the imperial family to immediate relatives of then Emperor Hirohito, pruning 11 collateral branches, and setting the scene for the current shortage.
    — Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
  • Stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
Definition of relatives
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  • History shows family successions, whether in North Korea or Syria, tend to happen through rigid authoritarian control, with the transfer of power underwritten by whoever controls the military.
    — Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • Plant additional successions of sunflowers every week or two to enjoy blooms later in the summer.
    — Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 11 May 2026
Definition of successions
Noun
  • The case was built by forensic genetic genealogy — the same science that traced DNA family trees to find the Golden State Killer in California or solve the Yogurt Shop Murders in Austin, Texas.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
  • The samples helped people discover entirely new family trees and could reveal consequential health information, such as a genetic predisposition to cancer.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
Definition of family trees
Noun
  • Saturday’s camp concluded with families getting autographs from and taking pictures with Agbaji.
    — Alexa Stone, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026
  • The courage Sullenberger wants to summon now is personal and intimate and unfolds in millions of families every day.
    — Scott Simon, NPR, 18 July 2026
Definition of families
Noun
  • Ed Henderson, a longtime member of the Georgia GOP’s state committee from Rabun County, said an expanding map of competitive Senate races could make Collins’ task even harder.
    — Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 20 July 2026
  • In the 2010s, both Theresa May and Boris Johnson became prime minister after winning Conservative leadership races when their predecessors resigned midterm.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
Definition of races
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