as in ancestry
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
the new teacher was of English parentage
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Recent Examples of parentage
When rumors of the children’s true parentage, spread in part by Queen Alicent and Ser Criston, make life in King’s Landing unbearable, the family retreats to the ancestral Targaryen fortress of Dragonstone.
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Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 13 June 2024
Children, hilariously, just sort of turn up, as romance is entirely elided but parentage is always clear.
—Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2024
Sheryl doesn’t even need to dive deep into Timmy’s parentage; Sister Andrea can smell the demon on him.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 11 July 2024
But despite the throwback Americana looks, these new Scouts have German parentage.
—Michael Dobuski, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2024
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Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 13 June 2024
Children, hilariously, just sort of turn up, as romance is entirely elided but parentage is always clear.
—Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2024
Sheryl doesn’t even need to dive deep into Timmy’s parentage; Sister Andrea can smell the demon on him.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 11 July 2024
But despite the throwback Americana looks, these new Scouts have German parentage.
—Michael Dobuski, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parentage
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The Mother, of course, is white with good ancestry and Belle inherits brains & ability.Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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Does reading about one of the most common birds on the planet sharing ancestry with a fearsome predator like the Tyrannosaurus rex reinforce a belief that animals are just as fascinating as humans?Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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The experience includes an exploration of the world’s longest lineage of single-vintage wines dating to 1878.Paula Conway, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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As the first true dinosaurs emerged, some remained omnivorous, while early predecessors of the Allosaurus and T. rex lineage began to hunt insects and fish.Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
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Unfortunately, our origin stories don’t tell us how to resolve any particular ethical dispute.Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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The site was once the Angola Plantations, a slave plantation owned by Isaac Franklin and named after Angola, the country of origin for many of the enslaved people who worked there.Landon Mion, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
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Penn State’s stronger pedigree and players deliver a pounding of the ponies.Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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Her pedigree and expertise are exactly what the company needs for this exciting next chapter of growth.Peter White, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
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Roads and highways have carved up previously wide-open stretches of desert into parcels that are in some cases too small to allow for the breeding and genetic diversity needed to sustain their population health.Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
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The wolves sourced from Oregon, which now include a breeding female and four pups, initially were located in Grand County, but killed as many as a dozen livestock, creating pressure to relocate them.John Frank, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Parentage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parentage. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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