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
Three dramatic swooping bars, a marble dance floor, and a game room with a shuffleboard table speak to its party-ready pedigree.
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2025
Lee has the pedigree and experience to make a splash on her own.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
As a French auteur with international pedigree, Olivier Assayas likes to split his time between intimate homegrown dramas and kinetic thrillers that never stay in the same place for too long.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
Hollywood Hills home with a celeb pedigree In 2010, Lohan briefly lived in a Hollywood Hills property that Lana Turner, Liza Minnelli, and Dianna Agron have also called home.
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 29 Aug. 2025
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Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2025
Lee has the pedigree and experience to make a splash on her own.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
As a French auteur with international pedigree, Olivier Assayas likes to split his time between intimate homegrown dramas and kinetic thrillers that never stay in the same place for too long.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
Hollywood Hills home with a celeb pedigree In 2010, Lohan briefly lived in a Hollywood Hills property that Lana Turner, Liza Minnelli, and Dianna Agron have also called home.
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pedigree
Noun
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The Studio, of course, comes from a lineage of showbiz comedies that asked celebrities to play themselves.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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As her estranged father feeds the fetus victims to ensure its birth, the couple is forced to confront a terrifying legacy of betrayal, twisted faith, and demonic lineage.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
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Unfortunately, many of the lions bore only partial genetic markers of Barbary ancestry.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Safe Black SpaceSafe Black Space is the umbrella under which various services are offered to address people of African ancestry’s individual and community reactions to cultural and racial trauma.—
Jade Jackson,
IndyStar,
6 Sep. 2025
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In 2019, the GBI — working with local law enforcement and forensic-genealogy firms — built a family tree for the child.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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The Bear Brook murders have become a defining example of how genetic genealogy can solve decades-old mysteries, potentially providing closure to families and advancing justice in similar unsolved cases nationwide.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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ISRAs are delineated based on criteria such as vulnerability, range restriction, key life-history stages (like breeding or feeding grounds), and unique ecological characteristics.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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These large waterbirds disappeared across much of their breeding range in the early 20th century as wetlands were drained for agriculture.—
Tom Langen,
The Conversation,
9 Sep. 2025
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And because of its higher-level academic origins, the majority of voters on either side of its function would likely struggle to define it.—
John Scott Lewinski,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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The missions will each focus on different effects of the solar wind and space weather, from their origins at the Sun to their farthest reaches billions of miles away at the edge of our Solar System.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Pedigree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pedigree. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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