progenitors

plural of progenitor

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Recent Examples of progenitors The pair's progenitors engaged in a rendezvous that stripped off the outer layers of proto-Charon to create a disk of icy debris. Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2025 Though some futuristic progenitors didn’t make the original project (there’s still time for a deluxe), many listeners are celebrating the project as a cross-generational mesh of Atlanta greatness. Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for progenitors
Noun
  • Demosponges are soft and squishy filter feeders and their ancestors likely shared similar characteristics.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The African roots of cumbia are expressed not only through its percussion instruments - the tambor alegre, the llamador and the tambora - but also through the voices of ancestors reflected in the sung dances of the region.
    Karla Gachet, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Now a young man, he's recently started a new chapter as an Army private first class and plans to follow in his father's and grandfathers’ military footsteps.
    Susan Young, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The pride of Santa Elena's silletero families is palpable, with everyone from young children to grandmothers and grandfathers tracing the route of the culminating parade carrying their creations on their backs.
    Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • To end the war and reunite the remaining hostages with their mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters.
    Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • In one study conducted by sociologist Katherine Conger at the University of California, Davis, fully 65% of mothers and 70% of fathers confessed to having a favorite child.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Progenitors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/progenitors. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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