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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
In practice, they are frequently drawn to familiar names and pedigrees.
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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
All three are Nordic countries with populations above 5 million and strong winter sport pedigrees — Norway most of all.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 19 Feb. 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
Of the group, Lloyd and Bush are probably the top names, with both having notable draft pedigrees and production during their careers.
—Charlotte Observer, 5 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
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
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
All three are Nordic countries with populations above 5 million and strong winter sport pedigrees — Norway most of all.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 19 Feb. 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
Of the group, Lloyd and Bush are probably the top names, with both having notable draft pedigrees and production during their careers.
—Charlotte Observer, 5 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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pedigrees
Noun
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Imagine crossing thousands of miles of open ocean — no rest stops, no landmarks — and somehow colonizing a remote archipelago to start entirely new lineages.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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Some myosin classes, such as I and II, are widely conserved across many organisms, whereas others are more specialized and restricted to particular lineages—for example, certain classes are found mainly in animals and others in plants.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
3 Apr. 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
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The origins of the film, like the film itself, lay in both personal and cinematic history.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
9 Apr. 2026
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The festival's origins stretch back to the Roman festival of Floralia, which was held to celebrate the goddess of spring and fertility and has been reinvented numerous times in the centuries that followed, according to the National Trust.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The theory of the great replacement is that elites, or, depending on who told the story, Jews (not commonly a direct target of VDARE), have invited nonwhite immigrants with inferior bloodlines into white- dominated Western countries to weaken them and absorb more power for themselves.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
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Power always revolves around the bloodlines, networks, fears, likes, and dislikes of the principals.—
Michael Sheridan,
Vanity Fair,
8 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Pedigrees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pedigrees. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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