as in genetic
genetically passed or capable of being passed from parent to offspring
eye color is an inheritable trait
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Recent Examples of inheritable
Quoting the late American historian Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi, Horn said Jewish culture makes a distinction between history and memory, and Jews are more interested in memory: investing a historical event with eternal, inheritable meaning.
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Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2025
Our vision is that the future of design will have a long lasting inheritable quality.
—Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2025
And here’s the other inheritable Rolex watch.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
There is a form of inheritable rickets that can be passed down through families.
Vitamin D deficiency is a common cause of rickets.
—Patty Weasler, Rn, Bsn, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 2024
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Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2025
Our vision is that the future of design will have a long lasting inheritable quality.
—Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2025
And here’s the other inheritable Rolex watch.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
There is a form of inheritable rickets that can be passed down through families.
Vitamin D deficiency is a common cause of rickets.
—Patty Weasler, Rn, Bsn, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 2024
See All Example Sentences for inheritable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inheritable
Adjective
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This scenario is supported by genetic evidence found in the genomes of people alive today.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Sep. 2025
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The geckos didn’t look like other species that had been identified, researchers said, and genetic analysis confirmed the experts’ suspicions that the geckos belonged to a new species.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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The last thing an inherited home or property should bring about is unnecessary stress or financial strain.—
Ronny Maye,
Essence,
1 Sep. 2025
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Coaching again focused on thinking, teaching participants to engage in generative conversations about inherited truths, surfacing blind spots and nurturing innovation.—
Thomas Lim,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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It's not attributed to genetic syndromes or hereditary cancers, because these things take generations to increase in your genes.—
Claire Dodds,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Chinese doctors warned clinicians that patients may deploy Confucian metaphors framing hereditary cancer as moral condemnation.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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There’s such an inherent contradiction between golf as an individual sport and the Ryder Cup as a team event.—
Jayson Jenks,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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During inflation, the Universe must have been devoid of matter-and-radiation and instead contained some sort of energy — whether inherent to space or as part of a field — that didn’t dilute as the Universe expanded.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
23 Sep. 2025
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But in the 1970s studies of twins revealed that autism is highly heritable, not something that develops after birth.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
10 Sep. 2025
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Galton, who coined the term eugenics, pioneered correlation and regression and used these tools to argue that traits like intelligence and morality were heritable and should be managed through selective breeding.—
Craig Spencer,
The Atlantic,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Inheritable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inheritable. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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