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as in weeping
bending downward or forward
the descendant branches of a weeping willow
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Recent Examples of descendant
Casey Clark, Parents, 30 July 2024
Her anti-intellectual agenda would take root in the nation’s youngest minds, filtering down through descendant generations.
—Big Think, 24 June 2024
Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2024
The proposal follows an effort to pay reparations to the descendants of slaves in California despite the state never having allowed slavery.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 2 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
Oliver Origin: German, French Meaning: Olive tree, ancestors descendant
Alternative Spellings & Variations: Olivier (French)
Famous Namesakes: Actor Oliver Hudson, athlete Oliver Kahn
Peak Popularity: Oliver jumped to the #3 most popular boy name in 2019 and has remained since.
—Casey Clark, Parents, 30 July 2024
Her anti-intellectual agenda would take root in the nation’s youngest minds, filtering down through descendant generations.
—Big Think, 24 June 2024
Noun
Meet the Expert Jan Jensen is a descendant of a 1849 Death Valley pioneer and a member of the Death Valley '49ers.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2024
The proposal follows an effort to pay reparations to the descendants of slaves in California despite the state never having allowed slavery.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for descendant
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And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.David Mamet, National Review, 11 Aug. 2022
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The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.Helen Shaw, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021
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Assad had always seen his brother Rifaat as his logical successor.Sefa Secen / Made by History, TIME, 17 Dec. 2024
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Among the most glaring examples is Ninth Division Commander Gen. Roh Tae-gun (Park Jae-hoon, excellent), a weak-willed lackey seduced by power and greed who’s based on Roh Tae-woo, Chun’s successor as president in 1988.Richard Kuipers, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
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Now, as the country ponders a return to the 2016-2020 period, when Mathews’ ideological offspring ran riot from Oregon to Washington, DC, his saga is getting marquee billing.Ali Winston, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
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The offspring of Lawrence and Murphy began dating in 2021 and were engaged just last month, sharing the romantic moment on social media.Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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He was succeeded by Rin-Tin-Tin Jr., the dog's actual progeny who starred in 14 films in the 1930s, mainly Westerns.Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 18 Sep. 2024
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The custom-residential markets of Washington, D.C., Delaware, and Virginia each share in the distinction of being mostly concerned with country- and suburban-specific renovation and restoration, specifically of Colonial and Colonial Revival prototypes and their progeny.Richard Olsen, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Fulton has also given more than $70 million to BYU. Clemson University – Dan Cathy ($10.8 billion) A scion of the Chick-fil-A empire, Cathy didn’t attend Clemson, but at least one child did (the elder Cathy got his degree from Georgia Southern).Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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When the ne’er-do-well scion of a Russian oligarch sows his wild oats a little too enthusiastically with New York stripper Ani, some serious people are summoned.Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
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The neutral material keeps it from looking like an eye sore and can be expanded for more hanging space as needed.Micaela Arnett, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2024
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This playful hanging figure will give your trick-or-treaters and guests a laugh instead of a fright.Wendy Vazquez, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2023
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Sam has to leave his ex-boyfriend, Michael (Omari Douglas), for good when offered a job to work for the now-adult child he was once supposed to kill, Hector Newman (Luther Ford).Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
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Every child deserves to feel safe in their classroom.Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Descendant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/descendant. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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