as in descendant
a person born into a family and especially one that is rich, famous, or important
He's the scion of a billionaire family.
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Recent Examples of scion
The real issue is that this issue has also seemingly stumped Kyle Shanahan — son of Mike, scion of the scheme.
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Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
Workers in a nursery can graft scion wood from a different tree onto that rootstock and a third apple may arise.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 14 Oct. 2025
The stylish scion of a garment-industry family, Schier fell in love at first sight with the lobby, a double-height great room with a romantic balcony that rings the second level and a coffered Moorish ceiling.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 14 Oct. 2025
When the Pulte family’s equity stake dropped to a point where they were no longer guaranteed a board spot, company officials moved fast and booted the scion.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
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Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
Workers in a nursery can graft scion wood from a different tree onto that rootstock and a third apple may arise.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 14 Oct. 2025
The stylish scion of a garment-industry family, Schier fell in love at first sight with the lobby, a double-height great room with a romantic balcony that rings the second level and a coffered Moorish ceiling.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 14 Oct. 2025
When the Pulte family’s equity stake dropped to a point where they were no longer guaranteed a board spot, company officials moved fast and booted the scion.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scion
Noun
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Owsley Brown Frazier, a fourth-generation descendant of George Garvin Brown, alone raised more than $500 million in his lifetime.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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Haimi was a third generation descendant of Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak's founders and a fourth-generation resident, according to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The researchers conducted an umbrella review – a high-level evidence summary – of existing reviews to assess their validity concerning acetaminophen and the development of autism or ADHD in offspring.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 Nov. 2025
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Back then, however, no one knew what physical substance or mechanism was actually responsible for traits being passed from a parent on to offspring, despite the pioneering genetics work of Gregor Mendel and his pea plants in the 19th century.—
Nell Greenfieldboyce,
NPR,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Scion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scion. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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