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as in bowing
bending downward or forward
the descendant branches of a weeping willow
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Recent Examples of descendant
Dread Scott, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2025
And so first of all, as an organization called The Descendants Project, our first responsibility is to the descendant community.
—JSTOR Daily, 25 Nov. 2025
Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Detectives identify him as a descendant of the farm’s original owners.
—Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
The joy that African and Afro-descendant visitors described upon obtaining their All African People’s Community passport was overwhelming, and the sense of belonging to this global community was liberating.
—Dread Scott, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2025
And so first of all, as an organization called The Descendants Project, our first responsibility is to the descendant community.
—JSTOR Daily, 25 Nov. 2025
Noun
Machen’s London was a descendant of Blake’s, where angels perched in trees.
—Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Detectives identify him as a descendant of the farm’s original owners.
—Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for descendant
Noun
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Lloyd said much of the jitters rippling through gilt markets was arising from concern about potential successors sitting politically to the left of Starmer, such as Rayner and Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
10 Feb. 2026
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Last year, Rivera hired a new attorney, Matt Fakhoury, a former Cook County prosecutor himself, who made pleas to Demacopoulos and her successor, Craig Engebretson, to further investigate whether charges could be filed.—
Madeline Buckley,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 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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In real life, the rising talent is the offspring of Norwegian performers Pia Tjelta and Kyrre Haugen Sydness.—
Alissa Simon,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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With the siblings and in-laws and various inbred offsprings dismissed, these moors are lonelier than ever, making the action both easier to follow than in the original novel and easier to buy.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The building with its bowed windows and a Queen Ann tower had already been around for nine years before its owner placed a classified ad in a July 1897 issue of The Kansas City Times.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
19 Nov. 2025
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No racist stereotypes, no demeaning facial expressions, no bowed heads, and no broken bodies from the old Hollywood.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 July 2025
Noun
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Throughout his rise to power and reign, actually, rumors constantly swirled about Hitler’s romantic partners and possible progeny.—
Rosemary Counter,
Vanity Fair,
19 Jan. 2026
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Advocates of our robot future have similarly mundane plans for our mechanical progeny.—
James Vincent,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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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One is the 60-year-old scion of a political dynasty which has dominated Bangladeshi politics for decades.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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Staff at Hearst took note this week of the frequency in which board member and scion Austin Hearst dined with Epstein in 2013; emails showed Epstein invited Hearst to visit his home, and the two planned a trip together to visit Harvard.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Concerned about the safety of two children in the home, Aljorna and Sosa-Celis surrendered.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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It is based on a children’s book from former American football player Martellus Bennett, who also stars alongside Jhené Aiko, Juliet Donenfeld, Innocent Ekakitie and David Mitchell.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Descendant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/descendant. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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