as in fruit
the descendants of a person, animal, or plant
the racehorse's offspring all proved to be very good racers as well the couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary surrounded by three generations of offspring
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Recent Examples of offspring
Their immediate family members and future offspring often experience harms directly related to the original abuse.
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Elizabeth Letourneau, Baltimore Sun, 31 May 2025
The mare was persnickety sometimes, but her offspring always steadied her.
—Louise Erdrich, New Yorker, 25 May 2025
These two species can mate with one another, producing a hybrid, which can produce viable offspring.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 25 May 2025
On Thursday morning, Hartley, the female of City Hall’s nesting peregrine pair, brought home a rat, and her five-week-old offspring Willow, Octavia, Emma and Chico feasted on the rodent.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 24 May 2025
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Elizabeth Letourneau, Baltimore Sun, 31 May 2025
The mare was persnickety sometimes, but her offspring always steadied her.
—Louise Erdrich, New Yorker, 25 May 2025
These two species can mate with one another, producing a hybrid, which can produce viable offspring.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 25 May 2025
On Thursday morning, Hartley, the female of City Hall’s nesting peregrine pair, brought home a rat, and her five-week-old offspring Willow, Octavia, Emma and Chico feasted on the rodent.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 24 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for offspring
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The hanging fruits had been emblazoned with the letters of the Black sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc.—
Veronica Hilbring,
Essence.com,
11 July 2017
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My feeling is generally in the case of summer fruit pies, if things are in season and at their peak bounty, why be skimpy?—
Rick Martinez,
Bon Appetit,
8 July 2017
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Others, who know the Jackie and Shadow's progeny lore, check in and offer prayers in the hope that the eaglets are healthy enough to survive any adverse weather conditions that may pop up.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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When people think of Tiger Woods progeny on the golf course, everyone's minds immediately go to his son, Charlie.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
6 Mar. 2025
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This selective gate allowed water to travel in and out of the seed without letting solid nutrients escape.—
Calista Oetama,
Sacbee.com,
5 June 2025
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Starting pitcher Reese Lumpkin allowed just one run in 3 1/3 innings as Miami blasted three home runs to take down the bracket’s No. 1 seed 5-4 and move on to the Supers for the first since 2016 — the same year as their last World Series bid.—
Cameron Priester,
Sun Sentinel,
5 June 2025
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Back in present day, each of their children lay their flower beside candles and a memorial photo as a sign of their eternal love.—
Rosemary Rossi,
Variety,
9 June 2025
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On the face of things, this ruling handed a momentous win to Woldenberg, who attended the hearing with his wife and three grown children, all of whom work for the business.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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Next was dad Harry following closely behind as his little princess met a Disney Princess, before the family was photographed going up a log flume ride at Tiana's Bayou Adventure.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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While Georgia is thankful to be free and reunited with her family, the press around the murder and the trial will nevertheless affect the family's future.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
7 June 2025
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The signs section of the site is the most captivating, being organized by state and preserving for posterity the buzzing neon signs of places such as the Choo-Choo, in Des Plaines, Illinois, and Bingo’s Motel, in Wakefield, Michigan.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
31 May 2025
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So far, the second-term Trump Administration has scrubbed federal websites, limited reporters’ access, and used disappearing-message apps for high-level communications that typically should be retained for posterity.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
23 May 2025
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“Offspring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offspring. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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