as in lineages
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
the new teacher was of English parentage
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Noun
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Slavers didn’t keep records of family lineages and the enslaved couldn’t do so.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025 -
Mingling and interbreeding Modern humans and Neanderthals share an ancestor that originated in Africa, but the two lineages diverged at least 500,000 years ago.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Behind Chalet Alpina are two development teams with impressive pedigrees.—
Jordi Lippe-McGraw,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Fans will undoubtedly be thrilled to see the literal origins of Claire and Brian, both of whom are essential for bringing the original series story to pass.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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The museum's origins Congress passed legislation to establish the National Portrait Gallery as part of the Smithsonian Institution in 1962.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Soon the coffee table was strewn with newspaper clippings, family trees, and maps of the land.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
10 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Despite the potential dangers, some young users and their families say trying the controversial therapy is preferable to being stuck in the status quo.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Jenkins, a former Brevard County school board member and speech pathologist, released a launch video casting herself as a fighter for working families, drawing on her own experience working multiple jobs to make ends meet.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This three-day program moves on to teaching more advanced techniques, like left-foot braking, handling ascents and descents, and weight transfer.—
Robb Report Studio,
Robb Report,
9 Sep. 2025
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Human sequences depicted various runs and also ascents, descents, lifts, throws, wrestling, dances, a child crawling, and a woman pouring a bucket of water over another woman.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
23 May 2019
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“Parentages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parentages. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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