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
Lammens eventually left Brugge in the summer of 2023 with four first-team appearances under his belt, recognising his opportunities would be limited for as long as a goalkeeper of Mignolet’s pedigree was first choice.
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Mark Critchley, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Not everyone has an MFA background, which provides the academic pedigree for understanding story structure, character development and literary craft.
—Jennifer Sodini, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
Harper, who has led four different programs to the NCAA Tournament, a rare feat in women’s college basketball, arrives in Columbia with a strong pedigree and a clear vision.
—Aaron Segal, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2025
The project’s prestigious pedigree allowed the producers to be strategic about which partners to invite, rather than having to convince reluctant financiers.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
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Mark Critchley, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Not everyone has an MFA background, which provides the academic pedigree for understanding story structure, character development and literary craft.
—Jennifer Sodini, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
Harper, who has led four different programs to the NCAA Tournament, a rare feat in women’s college basketball, arrives in Columbia with a strong pedigree and a clear vision.
—Aaron Segal, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2025
The project’s prestigious pedigree allowed the producers to be strategic about which partners to invite, rather than having to convince reluctant financiers.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pedigree
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The dyrosaurid lineage spread across the globe, and the group as a whole even survived the extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs, researchers said.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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The paleontologist Simon Conway Morris points out that there are common and widespread patterns of convergent evolution in life’s history, where similar adaptations, like eyes, wings, and streamlined bodies, evolved independently in unrelated lineages.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Oct. 2025
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Alabi, who is Nigerian, thinks about fragrance as a form of memory and ancestry.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
24 Oct. 2025
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There were roughly 60,000 people in immigration detention nationwide in both August and September – more than at any time since the United States government interned some 120,000 people, the majority of Japanese citizenship or ancestry, during World War II.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
19 Oct. 2025
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Black Archives wants to teach people about genealogy The Black Archives is holding an event in Miami that helps teach people tools to trace their family history.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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There was not enough semen on Ramos to conduct a search using forensic genetic genealogy.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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But animal welfare experts raised several concerns to Public Investigator, including the size of the animal enclosures and the zoo’s breeding of a white tiger, which is opposed by conservation organizations like the World Wildlife Fund.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Rosewood’s breeding program is intentionally boutique and hands-on.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
27 Oct. 2025
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The panel concurred with Kleverov’s persistent appreciation for his story’s human origins, but also his acknowledgment that AI made bringing that story to life achievable.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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The dusty, white imprints appear to be paw prints, though their origin remains unclear.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Pedigree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pedigree. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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