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
In the final battle against Papa Bowser and his progeny, Mario and Peach leap over the giant King Koopa on the lava bridge and send him tumbling into the molten river below.
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Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Apr. 2026
To match the progeny of the pros, ambitious kids like Ken had to work extra hard.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
Moustache joined my plump tortoiseshell Toffee, the progeny of frisky barn cats, an elderly rabbit rescued from neglect, and my best friend Bacon, a good dog adopted from Lifeline Puppy Rescue years before.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 27 Mar. 2026
Caldwell’s own progeny made up no small part of that explosion (his son and several of his grandchildren have competed in the Olympics), and at Vermont’s Putney School Caldwell coached America’s first cross-country superstar, Bill Koch, who won an Olympic medal in 1976.
—Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2026
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Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Apr. 2026
To match the progeny of the pros, ambitious kids like Ken had to work extra hard.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
Moustache joined my plump tortoiseshell Toffee, the progeny of frisky barn cats, an elderly rabbit rescued from neglect, and my best friend Bacon, a good dog adopted from Lifeline Puppy Rescue years before.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 27 Mar. 2026
Caldwell’s own progeny made up no small part of that explosion (his son and several of his grandchildren have competed in the Olympics), and at Vermont’s Putney School Caldwell coached America’s first cross-country superstar, Bill Koch, who won an Olympic medal in 1976.
—Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for progeny
offspring
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Sonya Clark’s The Descendants of Monticello filled the windows of Declaration House with close-up video portraits of offspring of the more than 400 people Jefferson enslaved at Monticello—including those related to Jefferson himself.—
Greg Allen,
ARTnews.com,
7 June 2026
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Earl’s a rare but naturally occurring cross-breed, the offspring of a loggerhead father and a Kemp’s ridley mom.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
7 June 2026
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“Progeny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/progeny. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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