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also descendent
as in bowing
bending downward or forward
the descendant branches of a weeping willow
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Recent Examples of descendant
Pin Yen Tan 9 Min Ago, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
In these cases, an aerial laser scan without local or descendant consent becomes a form of surveillance, enabling outsiders to extract artifacts and appropriate other resources, including knowledge about ancestral remains.
—Christopher Hernandez, The Conversation, 29 Jan. 2026
Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 11 May 2026
This segues into a song by Junior LaBeija, a descendant of that original house who presided over balls in that era.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 11 May 2026
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Adjective
For decades, the bottle lay undisturbed in the family cellar until 2011, following the death of descendant Patrick de Brou de Laurière.
—Pin Yen Tan 9 Min Ago, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
In these cases, an aerial laser scan without local or descendant consent becomes a form of surveillance, enabling outsiders to extract artifacts and appropriate other resources, including knowledge about ancestral remains.
—Christopher Hernandez, The Conversation, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
As previously reported, a man claiming to be a descendant of Seyffardt contacted the detective Arthur Brand after discovering the painting in his family’s possession.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 11 May 2026
This segues into a song by Junior LaBeija, a descendant of that original house who presided over balls in that era.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 11 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for descendant
Noun
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Des Cars stepped down in February, and her successor Christophe Leribault is now setting it into motion.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
19 May 2026
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There is no denying her perceptiveness, and her contemporaneous letters to her husband’s successor, Andrew Johnson—mostly attempts to secure positions for Lincoln loyalists—do not suggest a woman mentally finished off by yet more grief and loss.—
Thomas Mallon,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
Adjective
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James O’Donoghue, a planetary scientist with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, likened our planet’s tilting phenomenon to a nodding head.—
Aylin Woodward,
WSJ,
21 Dec. 2021
Noun
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Its offspring included Erebus (Darkness) and Nyx, who goes on to produce Ker (destruction), Thanatos (death), and Oizys (pain), among many others.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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Five of the pair's offspring are also at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Zoo Atlanta said.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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With bowed heads, friends and classmates wrapped their arms around each other.—
Keri Heath,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Mar. 2026
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Instead of your standard dress shoes, Styles finished the look with a perfect pair of minty-green ballet flats with bowed laces.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
2 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Auerbach recently heard George Thorogood’s debut with the Destroyers for the first time, an ironic biographical note, as his own band is Thorogood’s spiritual and stylistic progeny.—
Grayson Haver Currin,
Pitchfork,
7 May 2026
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Rhode is a celebrity brand, yes—Bieber is the progeny of the Baldwins (daughter of Stephen, niece of Alec), the wife of a generation-defining pop star, a model, and a powerful influencer.—
Lucy Feldman,
Time,
6 May 2026
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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The backstory This previously residential Edwardian manor house has been turned into a 31-room hotel and members’ club by former Blakes owner Navid Mirtorabi, with the help of business partner Jamie Reuben, a scion of a family that owns swathes of Mayfair.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 May 2026
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The scion of a prominent South Carolina legal dynasty, Murdaugh has denied killing his wife and younger son since their bodies were discovered on their estate.—
Nicole Acevedo,
NBC news,
18 May 2026
Adjective
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Then, the repetitive descending melody is interrupted and restarts; in this musical rupture the trance is broken.—
Holden Seidlitz,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Descendant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/descendant. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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