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
Advocates of our robot future have similarly mundane plans for our mechanical progeny.
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James Vincent, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Oscar winner and Captain Marvel herself Brie Larson will voice Rosalina, while Uncut Gems director and Happy Gilmore 2 actor Benny Safdie will voice Bowser's progeny.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Nov. 2025
While Roan is certainly one of Lauper’s pop progeny, Lauper has also raved about Roan.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2025
Peete ‘forever changed my life’ That question haunts Peete’s progeny.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
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James Vincent, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Oscar winner and Captain Marvel herself Brie Larson will voice Rosalina, while Uncut Gems director and Happy Gilmore 2 actor Benny Safdie will voice Bowser's progeny.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Nov. 2025
While Roan is certainly one of Lauper’s pop progeny, Lauper has also raved about Roan.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2025
Peete ‘forever changed my life’ That question haunts Peete’s progeny.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for progeny
offspring
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An analysis of the recordings showed that the parents behaved aggressively toward the divers more often when the human interlopers were staring at the offspring or the parent, compared with when the diver was looking in another direction or completely turned away.—
Gennaro Tomma,
Scientific American,
17 Mar. 2026
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Colossal’s researchers use it to alter the DNA of living animals so offspring express traits associated with their extinct relatives.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Progeny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/progeny. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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