as in offspring
the descendants of a person, animal, or plant
the rancher carefully examined the progeny of the new breed of cattle
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Recent Examples of progeny
Her books were their progeny, Stein acknowledged, and without Alice’s mothering—and typing, proofreading, cooking, sewing, shopping, bookkeeping, and warding off bores—they might not have been born.
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Judith Thurman, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Johnny Carson rarely had to deal with such stuff, but his progeny have grappled with it with increasing frequency.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
Police violence robbed Eleanor’s progeny of experiencing the often special relationship between grandmothers and grandchildren.
—Lashawn Harris
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
The model was the progeny of British marque Sunbeam, owned by Rootes Group, and a Carroll Shelby scheme that stuffed Ford’s then-new 260 ci small-block V-8 engine under the bonnet.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2025
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Judith Thurman, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Johnny Carson rarely had to deal with such stuff, but his progeny have grappled with it with increasing frequency.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
Police violence robbed Eleanor’s progeny of experiencing the often special relationship between grandmothers and grandchildren.
—Lashawn Harris
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
The model was the progeny of British marque Sunbeam, owned by Rootes Group, and a Carroll Shelby scheme that stuffed Ford’s then-new 260 ci small-block V-8 engine under the bonnet.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for progeny
offspring
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Across the hallway from Atlantis Kids Adventures is The Gamers Reef, a classic arcade with everything from Pac-Man to driving games, which may appeal to parents (especially those raised in the ’80s) even more than their offspring.—
Jesse Ashlock,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Jan. 2026
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In pitting his offspring against each other in a battle for the family empire Rupert Murdoch became part of a tale as old as time… A tale well told in Gabe Sherman’s Bonfire of the Murdochs.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Progeny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/progeny. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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