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the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
a woman of good pedigree
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Recent Examples of pedigree
Even though Scherzer turns 41 years old next July, his pedigree speaks for itself.
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Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
The stress of trying to correct the organizational course amid a 12-11-3 season has fallen heavily upon Marchand because of his title and his pedigree.
—Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 2 Dec. 2024
The creator’s literary pedigree is evident in guiding Get Millie Black.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
Buster Posey was a splash hire by the San Francisco Giants a month ago as president of baseball operations, his pedigree including three World Series championships with the franchise and a likely Hall of Fame induction on the horizon.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
The stress of trying to correct the organizational course amid a 12-11-3 season has fallen heavily upon Marchand because of his title and his pedigree.
—Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 2 Dec. 2024
The creator’s literary pedigree is evident in guiding Get Millie Black.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
Buster Posey was a splash hire by the San Francisco Giants a month ago as president of baseball operations, his pedigree including three World Series championships with the franchise and a likely Hall of Fame induction on the horizon.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pedigree
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Perpetual Calendar Chronograph | $190,000 Patek Philippe’s lineage of perpetual calendar references is legendary, beginning with the ref.Blake Buettner, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2024
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Looking at the two other lineages of Cravalho’s mixed ancestry, less than 5% of Hawaiians identified as Irish in the most recent American Community Survey — just over 66,000.Arturo Conde, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2024
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Virgo Check in with your brood or look up your family tree to get details on your ancestry.Lisa Stardust, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
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Chickens Are Miniature Dinosaurs Beyond the anatomical and molecular evidence, chickens exhibit behavioral and neurological traits that echo their prehistoric ancestry, according to a December 2011 article published in Historical Biology.Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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How genetic genealogy cracked the case Genetic genealogy, a combination of DNA analysis and family tree research, finally led detectives to Guillot Jr. A relatively new field of study, genetic genealogy gained prominence as hobbyists began looking into their family history.Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024
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He was not born with that name and does not appear in the official genealogy maintained in the archive of the Rothschilds.Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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There’s no evidence that the wolves are a breeding pair.Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
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Even a half-acre, or even quarter-acre of cover can hold a breeding pair of deer.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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The origin point of the blaze is textbook wildland-urban interface, or WUI (woo-ee).Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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True to their origin story, Gonzalez was wearing a sequin La DoubleJ number for the occasion.Freya Drohan, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Pedigree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pedigree. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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