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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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Because of the proximity to the inauguration, Biden will reportedly not be enforcing the ban and is leaving the decision to his successor.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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But in spite of those successes, Biden's legacy likely rests largely in the hands of his successor: Donald Trump.—
David Morgan,
CBS News,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Lurking within the various plotlines is a critique of the greed and selfishness baked into Baby Boomers and Gen X, who used up the planet’s resources without concern for the fallout faced by their offspring.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
28 Jan. 2025
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While male panthers roam far and freely, females travel less, choosing to stay with their offspring, researchers say.—
Natalia Jaramillo,
Orlando Sentinel,
24 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
Noun
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The San Francisco cliffside home where comedian and actor Robin Williams and his then-wife Marsha Garces Williams raised their three children has sold for $18.1 million.—
David Caraccio,
Sacramento Bee,
28 Jan. 2025
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Kennedy’s views on vaccines have raised alarm among public health experts, including his promotion of the false claim that vaccines cause autism in children. 4.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Descendant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/descendant. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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