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the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
a woman of good pedigree
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Recent Examples of pedigrees
There are plenty of rising young pitchers in baseball right now, but these two share countless commonalities, including a similar meteoric rise, postseason pedigrees and vaulted ceilings.
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Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 21 May 2026
Miller, Smith and Guilbeau are a trio of undrafted rookies with interesting college pedigrees.
—Mike Kaye
updated May 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2026
This year’s list of the hot new restaurants covers the latest and greatest, including tiny but mighty dining rooms that punch well above their weight, and hotel fine diners with prestigious pedigrees.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
These are both teams with winning pedigrees that have just been gutted, losing some key players in the past week.
—Tim Rohan, NBC news, 13 Apr. 2026
In practice, they are frequently drawn to familiar names and pedigrees.
—Michelle Cottle, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026
The indictment also accused the men of purchasing the counterfeit prescription drugs without proper paperwork, known as T3s/pedigrees, and reselling them to pharmacy customers.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
Jeremy and Cindy Bearman, a husband-wife duo with pedigrees from New York City’s ABC Kitchen and db Bistro Moderne, have created a seasonal menu that is technique-forward and expressive.
—Usa Today Network, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
They’re often marketed with promises of uncorrelated returns and highlight the impressive manager pedigrees.
—Jonathan I. Shenkman, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026
Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 21 May 2026
Miller, Smith and Guilbeau are a trio of undrafted rookies with interesting college pedigrees.
—Mike Kaye
updated May 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2026
This year’s list of the hot new restaurants covers the latest and greatest, including tiny but mighty dining rooms that punch well above their weight, and hotel fine diners with prestigious pedigrees.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
These are both teams with winning pedigrees that have just been gutted, losing some key players in the past week.
—Tim Rohan, NBC news, 13 Apr. 2026
In practice, they are frequently drawn to familiar names and pedigrees.
—Michelle Cottle, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026
The indictment also accused the men of purchasing the counterfeit prescription drugs without proper paperwork, known as T3s/pedigrees, and reselling them to pharmacy customers.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
Jeremy and Cindy Bearman, a husband-wife duo with pedigrees from New York City’s ABC Kitchen and db Bistro Moderne, have created a seasonal menu that is technique-forward and expressive.
—Usa Today Network, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
They’re often marketed with promises of uncorrelated returns and highlight the impressive manager pedigrees.
—Jonathan I. Shenkman, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pedigrees
Noun
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Crocodilian ancestors have persisted through mass extinctions, dramatic climate shifts and ecological upheavals that have eradicated countless other lineages.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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To uncover this, a new analytical method was designed to compare gene expression profiles across diverse animal lineages and unicellular organisms.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
25 May 2026
Noun
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Eastern and western ancestries in Karelian Mesolithic dogs suggest that two lineages diverged during the Paleolithic.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Mar. 2026
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That drops to 49% for Hispanic/Latino patients, 29% for Black patients and even lower for mixed ancestries, the NMDP reports.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The seal texts often introduced the owners with their names, genealogies, gender, professions and hometowns.—
Serdar Yalçin,
The Conversation,
3 Nov. 2025
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Transcripts, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of codices, correspondence, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, Maya Society materials, genealogies of Maya families, and Mayan glyphs on moveable type.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Palo Alto may be home to today’s masters of the universe, but its community pool in Rinconada Park retains the old-school charm of its origins.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
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The team began sorting through possible origins for this high-energy neutrino particle by acting like cosmic forensic detectives, classifying the detection of the particle as a crime scene and hunting for potential clues that point toward a culprit.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
28 May 2026
Noun
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Two Runner is buttressed by a cavalcade of boisterously rootsy country acts all deeply versed in their genre’s bloodlines, who freely celebrate them with aplomb.—
Aaron Davis,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
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And Sugano’s baseball bloodlines run ever deeper.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
23 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Pedigrees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pedigrees. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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