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
Those players, with their own experiences and their own pedigrees, joined the team last year and watched a team underachieve.
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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
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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Participants danced and sang songs native to their tribal lineages.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
20 Oct. 2025
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The various lineages of Ursuța’s work are unmistakable.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
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The box covers the most popular classes and ancestries such as humans, elves, dwarves and halflings.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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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Uruguay origins The conference dates back to 2016 and is usually held in Punta del Este in the North American fall.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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But with inflation replacing the earliest moments of that stage, all of a sudden the story of our ultimate origins was thrown into doubt.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In a generation or two, there’ll be no continuation of their bloodlines.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Despite the obvious pageant bloodlines in the family, Orlando never wanted to force Schiermeyer to compete.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Pedigrees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pedigrees. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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