parentages

plural of parentage

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for parentages
Noun
  • While multiple human lineages have been discovered from this time, scientists have struggled to create a clear timeline.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2025
  • This evolution is driven by a combination of random mutations and natural selection, where the organisms that are most fit for survival, and most adaptable to the changes that occur in their conditions and environment, are the ones who aren’t selected against, and whose lineages continue.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • The box covers the most popular classes and ancestries such as humans, elves, dwarves and halflings.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • When employers look past pedigrees and see workers’ singular abilities, histories, and motivations, skills gaps disappear.
    Ryan Stowers, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The origins of Betty White's Chicken Pacific recipe aren't well-documented, but it's thought to have started with whole chicken breasts baked in a sweet, sticky sauce.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Entertainment Weekly looks back on the acclaimed singer's discography, from her country origins to her latest pop anthems.
    Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • However, once the series took over everyone’s TVs, some internet sleuths determined that their family trees do not cross.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
  • For a year and a half, the detectives first approached a large volume of low-match DNA results which could be traced back to existing American family trees.
    Claire Lempert, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Without congressional action, those subsidies will expire at the end of the year, raising costs for millions of families and stripping coverage from others.
    Nik Popli, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Those cuts have left some families who had been hoping to join trials of new treatments scrambling to find other options.
    Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • People have tried ski descents from Everest in the past, but none of them have completed the run without bottled oxygen.
    Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Grippy waterproof shoes and a good rain jacket are essential on this one for mud, streams, and steep, slippery descents.
    Madison Chapman, Outside, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Parentages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parentages. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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