as in genetic
genetically passed or capable of being passed from parent to offspring
eye and hair color are hereditary
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Recent Examples of hereditary
The position of ayatollah is not hereditary: Clerics tend to be graybeards who have distinguished themselves through scholarship.
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Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Lowry explained that the excess skin around the neck can often be hereditary and not related to a person's weight.
—Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Detecting Hereditary Genetic Mutations The researchers focused on detecting a hereditary single mutation that causes transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis, a disease that can lead to congestive heart failure.
—Diya Dwarakanath, IEEE Spectrum, 11 Aug. 2025
Genetic Testing Genetic testing is a helpful tool for distinguishing between wild-type and hereditary ATTR-CM.
—Patty Weasler, Verywell Health, 5 Aug. 2025
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Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Lowry explained that the excess skin around the neck can often be hereditary and not related to a person's weight.
—Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Detecting Hereditary Genetic Mutations The researchers focused on detecting a hereditary single mutation that causes transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis, a disease that can lead to congestive heart failure.
—Diya Dwarakanath, IEEE Spectrum, 11 Aug. 2025
Genetic Testing Genetic testing is a helpful tool for distinguishing between wild-type and hereditary ATTR-CM.
—Patty Weasler, Verywell Health, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hereditary
Adjective
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Fossils have hinted at dog-like traits appearing more than 30,000 years ago and yet genetic studies have often pointed to a much later divergence from wolves.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Khelif has appealed the new policy that will keep the athlete out of any competitions pending the results of genetic testing.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The last thing an inherited home or property should bring about is unnecessary stress or financial strain.—
Ronny Maye,
Essence,
1 Sep. 2025
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Coaching again focused on thinking, teaching participants to engage in generative conversations about inherited truths, surfacing blind spots and nurturing innovation.—
Thomas Lim,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Foster self-acceptance by regularly affirming your son’s inherent value, and the value of other young men, irrespective of any kind of achievements, characteristics, and physical attributes.—
Ashleigh N. DeLuca,
Parents,
16 Sep. 2025
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Before the Big Bang, the Universe wasn’t dominated by matter or radiation, but by energy inherent to space itself, in a phase known as cosmic inflation.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
16 Sep. 2025
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These shares are also inheritable, allowing them to be passed on to heirs.—
Daniela Sanjinés,
The Conversation,
22 July 2025
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Quoting the late American historian Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi, Horn said Jewish culture makes a distinction between history and memory, and Jews are more interested in memory: investing a historical event with eternal, inheritable meaning.—
Andrew Silow-Carroll,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Hereditary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hereditary. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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