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
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.
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Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2026
Parents and progeny can also enjoy the Daphne Massage and Little Glow facial together at Cape Sounio on the Athens Riviera.
—Kathryn Romeyn, HollywoodReporter, 24 Mar. 2026
Only a shadow of these forests’ old-growth trees remain as their second-growth progeny continue to be felled.
—Evan Mills, Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2026
But now, after the assassination of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and with the collapse of the Iranian regime looking more likely, the IRGC and its progeny are in an existential moment.
—Colin P. Clarke, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2026
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Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2026
Parents and progeny can also enjoy the Daphne Massage and Little Glow facial together at Cape Sounio on the Athens Riviera.
—Kathryn Romeyn, HollywoodReporter, 24 Mar. 2026
Only a shadow of these forests’ old-growth trees remain as their second-growth progeny continue to be felled.
—Evan Mills, Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2026
But now, after the assassination of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and with the collapse of the Iranian regime looking more likely, the IRGC and its progeny are in an existential moment.
—Colin P. Clarke, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for progeny
offspring
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Adding to the difficulty, the mussels' offspring are microscopic and can travel in water sight unseen.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
3 May 2026
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History belies that interpretation, as prior to the amendment, common law prevailed and all (except Blacks, Amerindians and offspring of diplomats) were regarded as citizens at birth (one of the unenumerated rights of the Ninth Amendment).—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Progeny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/progeny. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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