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Recent Examples of progenitor This scaffold contains microscopic channels filled with spinal neural progenitor cells, or sNPCs. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025 The progenitor of the famous phrase shot a 63 here on a sunny spring day in 2009. Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025 For all its modern flourishes, Delta is hindered by slavishly adhering to the core gameplay of its 2004 progenitor. Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2025 The show, one of the first of its kind, made Osbourne more famous than his music career ever had and was a surreal legacy for the heavy-metal progenitor. Matthew Schnipper, Vulture, 22 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for progenitor
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Noun
  • One theory points to Buddhist monks, who would light lanterns on the 15th day of the holiday to honor Buddha—an act that evolved into a way for families to pay tribute to ancestors.
    Sarah Buder, AFAR Media, 20 Oct. 2025
  • First Alert 4 reported that this counterfeit note was marked as ancestor money, a symbolic bill burned as a ritual offering in Chinese culture.
    Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Smith and Christian’s respective grandfathers were their catalysts into vintage fashion.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
  • After his mother’s death, he was sent to study Urdu and Islamic calligraphy at his grandfather’s madrassa in Sidhpur, Gujarat.
    Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The topic of nepotism came up in a new interview with Skarsgård in Vulture, when the outlet pointed out that many of his eight children — including Bill, Alexander, and Gustaf — have become actors like their father.
    Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Unless another boy was injured, a boy with a father who resembled me.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Progenitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/progenitor. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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