as in lineage
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
a woman of good pedigree
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Recent Examples of pedigree
But the Cup rookie does not have your typical stock car pedigree.
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Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
But the Norwegian striker, who was the subject of a £55m offer from Newcastle United last summer, does have some pedigree in the Premier League.
—Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
But even before that, the quarterback's athletic ability and family pedigree were well known around the Charlotte area.
—Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
Beshear doesn’t shy from his Democratic pedigree, or stray from much of the party’s orthodoxy.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2026
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Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
But the Norwegian striker, who was the subject of a £55m offer from Newcastle United last summer, does have some pedigree in the Premier League.
—Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
But even before that, the quarterback's athletic ability and family pedigree were well known around the Charlotte area.
—Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
Beshear doesn’t shy from his Democratic pedigree, or stray from much of the party’s orthodoxy.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pedigree
Noun
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The Sierra Nevada red fox is a distinct lineage from the common red fox known for residing in high-elevation, remote mountainous regions.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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There’s a lineage of people who’ve done this work and who are doing it now, which is so exciting to me.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
11 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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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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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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Bauer proposed an amendment to state that a government body shouldn’t take action to prohibit, deny, restrict or interfere with the right to marry based on race, color, ethnicity or national origin.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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Though the term has a rich history in hockey, its origins lie in cricket.—
Suzanne Nuyen,
NPR,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Pedigree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pedigree. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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