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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heredities
  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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  • One small study found levels of QAC in household dust rose 62% during the pandemic while levels in human blood rose 77% in just one year.
    — Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • But at any age, get a checkup for symptoms such as blood in stool or rectal bleeding; changes in bowel habits such as diarrhea, constipation or narrowing of stool that lasts more than a few days; unintended weight loss; and cramps or abdominal pain.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of blood
Noun
  • In 2001, following Rina’s death, the family flew to Italy to visit their relatives.
    — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Police haven’t disclosed their names or those of the victims, but some victims have been identified by friends and relatives.
    — Michael Biesecker, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of relatives
Noun
  • Helaena, however, is not concerned with thrones or successions.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of successions
Noun
  • For centuries, genealogists have used paper records to build family trees.
    — Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • The family trees here have a lot of branches and some of them are a bit rotten.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 July 2026
Definition of family trees
Noun
  • There are larger unresolved issues for the families, including the case against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, considered the architect of the attack, and four co-defendants that still has not gone to trial.
    — Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The question reflected my own years spent watching youth tournaments at Anaheim's American Sports Centers alongside thousands of volleyball families.
    — Tim Genske, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of families
Noun
  • While non-partisan, the local Republican and Democratic parties have endorsed slates of candidates in this cycle’s school board races.
    — Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Funding from super PACs and other outside donors has become a key issue in some races.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of races
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