as in lineages
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
a woman of good pedigree
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Recent Examples of pedigrees
Quarterbacks Brock Purdy and Jalen Hurts have outstanding pedigrees and produced in Super Bowls yet still have their detractors nationwide and within the fan base.
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Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
Last year, all five nominees boasted international pedigrees.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
Both teams have championship pedigrees.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 5 Dec. 2025
What keeps things interesting, though, is that despite hailing from familiar pedigrees, none of these shows just feels like more of the same.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 17 Nov. 2025
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, 30 Oct. 2025
Those players, with their own experiences and their own pedigrees, joined the team last year and watched a team underachieve.
—C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
When employers look past pedigrees and see workers’ singular abilities, histories, and motivations, skills gaps disappear.
—Ryan Stowers, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
Last year, all five nominees boasted international pedigrees.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
Both teams have championship pedigrees.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 5 Dec. 2025
What keeps things interesting, though, is that despite hailing from familiar pedigrees, none of these shows just feels like more of the same.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 17 Nov. 2025
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, 30 Oct. 2025
Those players, with their own experiences and their own pedigrees, joined the team last year and watched a team underachieve.
—C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
When employers look past pedigrees and see workers’ singular abilities, histories, and motivations, skills gaps disappear.
—Ryan Stowers, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pedigrees
Noun
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The lineages appear to have co-existed in the region for a time.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Dec. 2025
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Support staff who can speak confidently about lineages.—
Sara Payan,
Rolling Stone,
3 Dec. 2025
Noun
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But many Chicanos trace their lineage to indigenous peoples who survived Spanish colonization, often carrying mixed indigenous, Spanish, and other ancestries, a testament to survival and cultural fusion.—
David Alvarado,
Time,
15 Dec. 2025
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This lack of representation is problematic for people of different ancestries because genetic risk factors differ across populations.—
Rachel Nuwer,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
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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This sporty version pays homage to the '80s and the sneaker’s soccer origins by adding a super-long foldover tongue.—
Michelle Baricevic,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Jan. 2026
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Neither the Lincoln Club, Lincoln Media, the California Courier or the Courier writers responded to multiple requests for comment about the origins of the site, either through email phone, or social media messages.—
Colin Lecher,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But the fifth-year senior with strong football bloodlines — his dad Blake was a first-round pick in the 1995 NFL Draft and played nine seasons in the NFL — came in prepared.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
28 Dec. 2025
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And the intergenerational relationships within families not only carry the inheritance of civilization and bloodlines but also, due to differences in each generation’s stance and responsibilities, lead people to make to distinct choices when facing disasters.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Dec. 2025
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“Pedigrees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pedigrees. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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