as in blood
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the natural process by which physical and mental qualities are passed from a parent to a child
Heredity plays no part in the disease.
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Recent Examples of heredity
Genetics and heredity define stock in some modern contexts, but for the 1930s salmon homing debate, the implications of genetic dividing lines were very different.
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Greg Uyeno, JSTOR Daily, 27 Aug. 2025
No singular cause has been identified for most causes of ALS, with some research into factors that may be linked, such as heredity, environmental exposures, and diet, among others.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
Tuesday, July 1 Genetics talk: Henry George will discuss the science of heredity at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 1.
—Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2025
For people who are profoundly deaf, there is an interruption of the sound signal to the auditory nerve, which can be caused by illness, trauma, or heredity.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Jan. 2022
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Greg Uyeno, JSTOR Daily, 27 Aug. 2025
No singular cause has been identified for most causes of ALS, with some research into factors that may be linked, such as heredity, environmental exposures, and diet, among others.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
Tuesday, July 1 Genetics talk: Henry George will discuss the science of heredity at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 1.
—Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2025
For people who are profoundly deaf, there is an interruption of the sound signal to the auditory nerve, which can be caused by illness, trauma, or heredity.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Jan. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heredity
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There was blood spatter on her front stoop, and the blood turned out to be hers.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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The social media star, who studied biomedical engineering, also gleefully unveiled the math behind an ocean of synthetic blood — two pumps running for eight hours at 190 gallons per minute.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2026
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According to the sheriff’s office, the blood evidence found at the scene was submitted for genetic genealogy and linked to Steven Richard Hardy, a then-35-year-old Vietnam veteran from Texas.—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
30 Jan. 2026
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The Calico paper, for example, relied on data from the genealogy firm Ancestry from family trees involving hundreds of millions of people going back to the 1800s.—
Andrew Joseph,
STAT,
29 Jan. 2026
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Successive transitions Haiti has now gone 10 years without an election, and nearly five years in a succession of transitions following the July 7, 2021, assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
11 Feb. 2026
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Industry professionals and filmmakers could attend Busan before continuing to Singapore and Tokyo in rapid succession.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
11 Feb. 2026
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Today, the wood stork's breeding population is estimated at between 10,000 and 14,000 nesting pairs across around 100 sites — more than twice the number of pairs and over three times the number of colonies compared to when it was listed.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
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The recent success of wolves in improving their population in California to include four successful breeding pairs triggered the start of a new phase of the plan.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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But the northern hairy-nosed wombat is a distinct and critically endangered species that stands apart from its more common relatives.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
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Videos that have leaked out of Iran and were verified by NBC News show rows and rows of body bags inside and outside the facility as families try to identify their relatives.—
Babak Dehghanpisheh,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
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The story, which Adeyemi got the idea for while on a trip to Brazil, became a way to explore her Nigerian-American ancestry.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
3 Feb. 2026
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Shaboozey, clad in jeans, a black waistcoat and hat, continued to speak candidly about his ancestry.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
2 Feb. 2026
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Making an investment in children’s future from birth is a welcome idea in many quarters.—
Jeanne Sahadi,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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That strategy was evident enough in his first public appearance, when the man born Gustavus Nelson gave birth to a legend named Tav Falco.—
Stephen M. Deusner,
Pitchfork,
8 Feb. 2026
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Police are back outside Nancy and her daughter Annie's homes Tuesday, as the family anxiously awaits a return.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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The family was seeking safety in the town of Bohodukhiv, some 60 kilometers (38 miles) west of Kharkiv, having fled their home further east just days ago, Ukrainian police said in a statement posted on Telegram.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Heredity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heredity. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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