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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
Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill, 10 Jan. 2025
Still, those details remain available for people with a research interest, such as descendants and historians, to access in person at the Dutch National Archives in The Hague.
—David Hodari, NBC News, 5 Jan. 2025
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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
Still, Clarke is expected to meet with members of the Greenwood District, as well as survivors and descendants of the Tulsa Race Massacre now that the report has been released.
—Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill, 10 Jan. 2025
Still, those details remain available for people with a research interest, such as descendants and historians, to access in person at the Dutch National Archives in The Hague.
—David Hodari, NBC News, 5 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for descendant
Adjective
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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
Noun
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Carter is one of the nine portraits hanging in the rotunda-like pre-show space, along with his successor, Ronald Reagan, the two most recent officeholders.—
Dewayne Bevil,
Orlando Sentinel,
17 Jan. 2025
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Zhao’s successor Li will be tasked with trying to expand Honor’s presence overseas amid fierce competition, with a focus on making the brand more recognizable.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
17 Jan. 2025
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Their analysis — which involved examining genetic data and 25 years’ worth of photos — revealed that just 7% of male humpbacks showed evidence of having sired offspring.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
10 Jan. 2025
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An orca who carried her dead calf’s body for weeks has lost another offspring.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2025
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Not all significant social movements were progressive: Gordon also sketches the largely nonviolent northern branch of the nativist and racist Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s, as well as its highly violent progeny, the 1930s American fascist movement.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Jan. 2025
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Once inside our cells, the viruses can crank out hundreds to thousands of progeny, thus causing an active infection.—
Mark Kortepeter,
Forbes,
25 Dec. 2024
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Frangieh, the head of the Maranda movement, was the scion of an old Lebanese political family (his grandfather had been president during the 1970s), a friend of Syria's Bashar Al-Assad, and was considered to be malleable by the then-powerful Hezbollah.—
Daniel Markind,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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The scion also had been linked to a karaoke club in Oakland Chinatown, where state authorities during a raid found narcotics and women suspected of being human trafficking victims.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
The Mercury News,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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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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Palestinian children gather to receive food aid today in Deir al-Balah, Gaza.—
Jennifer Jett,
NBC News,
17 Jan. 2025
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The research is showing that teens and young children are increasingly being subjected to hate and racial harassment when gaming.—
Mia Taylor,
Parents,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Descendant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/descendant. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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