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
  • As ecologist Doug Tallamy has chronicled, over 90% of herbivorous insects specialize on one or a few native plant lineages.
    — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Farms spend decades breeding mink to develop unique genetic lineages.
    — Nat Lash, ProPublica, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of lineages
Noun
  • To anyone accustomed to the usual genealogies of either Judd or late-twentieth-century architecture, his choice of Alexander might have been startling.
    — Julian Rose, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
  • 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
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
  • American breeders began registering Holstein pedigrees and maintaining herdbooks in the 1800s.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Global flavors with local pedigrees provide the secret sauce for Seattle’s culinary scene.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of pedigrees
Noun
  • As indie pop became glossier and more fleshed out in the 1990s, few bands embraced its minimal, melancholy origins like the Cat’s Miaow.
    — David Glickman, Pitchfork, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Gary Soffer, director of the integrative medicine program at Smilow Cancer Hospital, explained the origins to VeryWell Mind.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 11 Nov. 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
  • This approach would protect families of different faiths while leaving curriculum decisions to state and local officials.
    — Ilya Shapiro, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Furthermore, this bill would deliver direct, tangible benefits to everyday American families.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of families
Noun
  • He was hailed as the first successful parachutist and went on to make some 200 additional descents.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of descents
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“Parentages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parentages. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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