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
Encounters with pollution can reroute the trajectory of our health and even, in some cases, the health of our offspring.
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Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 23 July 2025
Gene drives are sequences of DNA that can be inserted into the genome of an individual and cause a specific mutation or gene to be passed on to virtually all offspring, instead of just 50%.
—Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 23 July 2025
Hunt played William Gilbreth, one of the 12 offspring of an efficiency expert (Clifton Webb) and a psychologist (Myrna Loy), in Cheaper by the Dozen (1950), then returned to play another son in the family, Fred, in the sequel, Belles on the Toes (1952).
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2025
Similar to seahorses, male pipefish give birth to offspring.
—Lauren Liebhaber
july 9, Miami Herald, 9 July 2025
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Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 23 July 2025
Gene drives are sequences of DNA that can be inserted into the genome of an individual and cause a specific mutation or gene to be passed on to virtually all offspring, instead of just 50%.
—Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 23 July 2025
Hunt played William Gilbreth, one of the 12 offspring of an efficiency expert (Clifton Webb) and a psychologist (Myrna Loy), in Cheaper by the Dozen (1950), then returned to play another son in the family, Fred, in the sequel, Belles on the Toes (1952).
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2025
Similar to seahorses, male pipefish give birth to offspring.
—Lauren Liebhaber
july 9, Miami Herald, 9 July 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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The event builds off of the company’s DC All In era as well as its progeny, Absolute Universe.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
16 July 2025
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Compared to the free air and 50/50 ratio, the progeny exposed to the 30/70 ratio showed a much larger reduction in cranial width and height.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
18 July 2025
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The run has shot them up past the New York Liberty for the No. 2 seed in the league.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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Instead, the Mavericks were the No. 10 seed … and zoomed to the No. 1 overall pick, Duke’s Flagg.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Aug. 2025
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As the oldest of three children, Fitzgerald had also just started living on his own in Manhattan, per the obit.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The share was even higher among children, who got about 62% of their diet from ultraprocessed foods on average.—
Deidre McPhillips,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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Determine family meeting places, and make sure to include an out-of-town location in case of evacuation.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
18 Aug. 2025
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But bigger and dangerously unpredictable has always been the motto for the Gemstones, even in a moment of family crisis.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
17 Aug. 2025
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After mourners left thousands of tributes to the late heavy metal legend on Black Sabbath Bridge in Ozzy’s native Birmingham, England following his death from a heart attack on July 22 at age 76, those flowers and keepsakes have been preserved and cataloged for posterity.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
7 Aug. 2025
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Over the course of his five-Oscar career, Francis Coppola has many times gone back under the hood of even his greatest films like Apocalypse Now and The Conversation, to recut and improve versions for posterity.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
28 July 2025
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“Offspring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offspring. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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