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
Shutterstock founder Jon Oringer shelled out a whopping $42 million back in 2020 for a monumental contemporary mansion in South Florida with some major league pedigree.
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 28 July 2025
The escape from working-class life has good narrative pedigree, a classic form—beginning with the idea of escape itself.
—James Wood, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
But several players on Denver’s roster don’t come with that kind of pedigree and enter training camp fighting for their football lives.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 21 July 2025
Li may not boast the major-winning pedigree of his American counterpart, but the world No. 111 has history at The Open.
—Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 18 July 2025
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 28 July 2025
The escape from working-class life has good narrative pedigree, a classic form—beginning with the idea of escape itself.
—James Wood, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
But several players on Denver’s roster don’t come with that kind of pedigree and enter training camp fighting for their football lives.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 21 July 2025
Li may not boast the major-winning pedigree of his American counterpart, but the world No. 111 has history at The Open.
—Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 18 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pedigree
Noun
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For instance, data must be tagged to identify its source and to track its lineage before being transferred into internal database fields and tables.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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Alex Foxworth Alex Foxworth, originally from Greensboro, N.C., infuses her designs with sentimentality and appreciation for her family lineage.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
27 July 2025
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Despite these recent advances, understanding remains grossly inadequate regarding the descendants of Indigenous people of Mexico and Central America now living in the state, 60 percent of whom are usually considered mestizo, or of mixed European and Indigenous ancestry.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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The advanced policing technique involves submitting crime-scene DNA to public ancestry databases to narrow down the list of possible culprits.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
24 July 2025
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The series follows the DNA Doe Project, a nonprofit using cutting-edge DNA analysis and open-source genealogy tools to solve some of the country’s most confounding cold cases.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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The book traces the fortunes of seven Black families across generations, excavating genealogies and tabulating, with forensic care, the labor extracted and the property lost.—
Idrees Kahloon,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
Noun
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Get rid of standing water around your home to reduce the chance of mosquitoes breeding.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
28 July 2025
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One reason for the decline in the bird’s population is a lack of suitable breeding habitat as the bird relies exclusively on young jack pine forests to breed, the release noted.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
28 July 2025
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Those flights have been delayed at their origins anywhere from 2 hours, 30 minutes to 3 hours, 38 minutes on average.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
1 Aug. 2025
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Sheik plans to explore the goo’s origin, noting that there are many scenarios to consider, including whether the substance grew in the rudder shaft in the first place or somehow hitched a ride on the boat.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN Money,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Pedigree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pedigree. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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