as in blood
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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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Recent Examples of heredity
Her research on the genes in corn changed scientists’ understanding of heredity and laid the foundation for treating genetic defects in humans.
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Tyler Kingkade, NBC news, 12 June 2025
Zoologist Charles Davenport created the Cold Spring Harbor Eugenics Record Office in 1910 to pursue his interests in evolution, breeding and human heredity.
—Shoumita Dasgupta, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2025
Newell comes by his activism through heredity.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024
And both relied on the xenophobic logic and pseudoscientific understandings of heredity that define eugenics.
—Arthur Caplan, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2024
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Tyler Kingkade, NBC news, 12 June 2025
Zoologist Charles Davenport created the Cold Spring Harbor Eugenics Record Office in 1910 to pursue his interests in evolution, breeding and human heredity.
—Shoumita Dasgupta, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2025
Newell comes by his activism through heredity.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024
And both relied on the xenophobic logic and pseudoscientific understandings of heredity that define eugenics.
—Arthur Caplan, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heredity
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Evidence pointing directly to Avery’s involvement included drops of his blood that were found in Halbach's Toyota RAV4 and her keys, which were found in his bedroom along with his DNA, per the Post-Crescent.—
Nicole Briese,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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This triple bill of vintage shockers serves as a reminder that movies don’t need to have red-colored blood — or have much in the way of blood at all — to be terrifying.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
30 Oct. 2025
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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
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Black Archives wants to teach people about genealogy The Black Archives is holding an event in Miami that helps teach people tools to trace their family history.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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One increasingly important topic likely not discussed at the gathering was Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s succession plans.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Instead of taking a low profile and playing down any claims to Taiwan’s independent status like his more cautious DPP predecessor Tsai Ying-wen, Lai has lurched toward formal independence with a succession of speeches making the case for Taiwanese nationhood.—
Lyle Goldstein,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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The former race dog, who had been used for breeding, started sleeping with the fluffy toy tucked under her arm.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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On Morgan Island, off the coast of South Carolina, the company also manages a free-range breeding colony of thirty-seven hundred monkeys for the National Institutes of Health.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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As of Friday morning, some people reportedly remained trapped by flooding in Cauto del Paso, in the roof of a bodega and on top of a roof of the village’s electric substation, their relatives said on social media.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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Determined to find answers, Shannon Williams and several relatives decided to travel to Germany in 2002 to meet directly with investigators.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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On The Opening Of Their Newest Restaurant The father-son duo is celebrating their ancestry even more with a new establishment called 34 Restaurant & Bar, which opened fall 2024.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
3 Nov. 2025
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Here, the reparations bills intended ancestry to be a proxy for race to benefit black Californians.—
Andrew Quinio,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
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After giving birth to him, she’s overwhelmed by irreconcilably conflicting emotions—Javed is at once her own flesh, and an embodiment of his father’s actions.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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The cast member is Modern Family star Sofía Vergara's sister by adoption, cousin by birth.—
Jillian Sederholm,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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For example, for a family of three paying $22,000 annual premiums with a $21,000 deductible is essentially paying mortgage on an expensive non-existent house.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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In her eight years practicing family law, Jackie Combs has helped her clients navigate many divorces.—
Gili Malinsky,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Heredity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heredity. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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