as in hereditary
genetically passed or capable of being passed from parent to offspring
hair color is inherited
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Adjective
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This hereditary disease causes your body to absorb too much iron from your diet.—
Suchandrima Bhowmik,
Health,
24 May 2025 -
One of the Clarksons likely received the Magna Carta at some point in the early 1800s from William Lowther, the hereditary lord of Appleby manor.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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Unfortunately for her and other patients, there's no specific treatment for the genetic disease.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
12 June 2025
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When the main family began dying out and failed to produce an heir, the branch families were always there to lend a male with the right genetic pedigree for adoption.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
8 June 2025
Adjective
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Humans in the Loop For sure, there’s a need to celebrate the human in the loop, and the inherent value of humanity.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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There is an inherent asymmetry of vulnerability here; doctors and patients are not equals at the Thanksgiving table.—
Danielle Ofri,
New Yorker,
7 June 2025
Adjective
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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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Our vision is that the future of design will have a long lasting inheritable quality.—
Sydney Gore,
Architectural Digest,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Inherited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inherited. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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