parentages

noun

plural of parentage
as in lineages
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended the new teacher was of English parentage

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  1. lineages
  2. genealogies
  3. ancestries
  4. pedigrees
  5. origins
  6. family trees
  7. families
  8. descents
Noun
  • When the catastrophe wiped out their massive non-avian relatives, the bird lineages that survived were positioned to take advantage of newly vacant ecological niches.
    — Kevin Brown, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The researchers have shared their findings with the IUCN, whose upcoming review will assess the five lineages separately.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of lineages
Noun
  • Sometimes, though, these genealogies of behavior can seem beside the point, serving only to dull one’s analysis of the situation.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The scientists’ method reconstructs genealogies, or maps showing where different pieces of DNA came from and how they were passed down, revealing branches of our evolutionary past.
    — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of genealogies
Noun
  • But Shanes questioned whether grouping Jews under a single ethnic category would produce sufficiently specific data for those purposes, or instead obscure differences among Jewish populations with distinct ancestries.
    — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • This technique overcomes limitations of older methods like genotyping arrays, which were often biased towards European ancestries and less accurate.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of ancestries
Noun
  • Global flavors with local pedigrees provide the secret sauce for Seattle’s culinary scene.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The cast has become a kind of living monument to New York theater, with Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon, Donna Murphy, Kelli O’Hara, Audra McDonald, and many others bringing Broadway pedigrees to the series.
    — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of pedigrees
Noun
  • The conflict over Sabbath services in Charleston is widely regarded, although somewhat controversially, as the origins of Reform Judaism in the United States.
    — Ashley Walters, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
  • In particular, the event highlighted how sharing patients’ health records with federal researchers could benefit the study of the origins of chronic diseases.
    — Brittany Trang, STAT, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of origins
Noun
  • Kurin is also senior author of a paper describing the methods that connected the former US president to Hemings’ descendants, which involved delving deep into the genetics of the Jefferson and Hemings family trees.
    — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Many of them supplement the text with photographs, epigraphs, glossaries, family trees, sketches, timelines, variant tables of contents, alternating fonts and notes to the reader.
    — Christopher Coffman, The Conversation, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of family trees
Noun
  • Their visit fell during China's Mid-Autumn Festival, a national holiday when families traditionally gather to celebrate the end of harvest.
    — MICHELLE L. PRICE, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
  • These dangerous illnesses are all completely preventable and serve as a reminder of the importance of proper vaccines to protect the health of our families and children.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of families
Noun
  • But the paint allegedly became slippery in the sun, and three riders, including one known as a master of descents, crashed.
    — Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The relentless Carapaz pressured the American on the descents and put himself in the position to profit.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 25 July 2026
Definition of descents
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“Parentages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parentages. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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