as in lineage
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
a woman of good pedigree
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Recent Examples of pedigree
The acronym T3s refers to the transaction report, which contains the drug’s pedigree going back to the manufacturer.
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Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
Boscagli can especially put the pair under pressure, considering the 27-year-old Frenchman’s experience and Champions League pedigree with former club PSV.
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
In fact, restriction and obstruction of aid has a long pedigree in Israel’s engagement with Gaza, dating back to the looser long-term siege that Israel imposed on the territory after Hamas took power in 2007.
—Jeremy Konyndyk, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2025
Other factors, however, were up to their discretion, including championship pedigree, record-breaking statistics or simply their ability to will their teams to victory.
—Doug Feinberg, Twin Cities, 18 Oct. 2025
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Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
Boscagli can especially put the pair under pressure, considering the 27-year-old Frenchman’s experience and Champions League pedigree with former club PSV.
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
In fact, restriction and obstruction of aid has a long pedigree in Israel’s engagement with Gaza, dating back to the looser long-term siege that Israel imposed on the territory after Hamas took power in 2007.
—Jeremy Konyndyk, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2025
Other factors, however, were up to their discretion, including championship pedigree, record-breaking statistics or simply their ability to will their teams to victory.
—Doug Feinberg, Twin Cities, 18 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pedigree
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Directed by Alicia Núñez Puerto, the short interweaves migration, past history and menstruation, presenting lineage as something carried across oceans and generations.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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Breakker, real name Bronson Rechsteiner, is the son of Rick Steiner and nephew of Scott Steiner, giving him that wrestling lineage.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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The results reveal structural parallels across many organisms without any shared ancestry.—
Anirban Mukhopadhyay,
Scientific American,
5 Jan. 2026
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With ancestry dating back to the 1500s, the hunting breed used to hunt a variety of different game in France.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
30 Dec. 2025
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Brashers had already been identified as a likely suspect in that case in 2018 through investigative genetic genealogy.—
Dante Motley,
Austin American Statesman,
7 Jan. 2026
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For decades, the case remained cold until new DNA methods and forensic genealogy helped point authorities to a suspect and eventually connect Schmidt to the crime.—
Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
2 Jan. 2026
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The 6-year-old sloth bear’s pregnancy occurred after a breeding recommendation from the Species Survival Plan.—
Erin Clements,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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Club members participate in a variety of projects, including poultry breeding and marketing, arts and crafts, photography, sheep breeding, dairy goat projects and more.—
Tracy Trobridge,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Jan. 2026
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What’s more, the Fila Museum’s exhibition features a time tunnel that aims to immerse visitors in the brand’s history, retracing its path from origin to the latest developments in sportswear and fashion through iconic garments and multimedia content.—
Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
7 Nov. 2025
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Each box of pods follows the same format as their whole bean deliveries, single origin from a range of different coffee-producing countries and ready to drop right into a Keurig machine.—
Noah Kaufman,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Pedigree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pedigree. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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