as in offspring
the descendants of a person, animal, or plant
the rancher carefully examined the progeny of the new breed of cattle
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Recent Examples of progeny
Parents and progeny can also enjoy the Daphne Massage and Little Glow facial together at Cape Sounio on the Athens Riviera.
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Kathryn Romeyn, HollywoodReporter, 24 Mar. 2026
Only a shadow of these forests’ old-growth trees remain as their second-growth progeny continue to be felled.
—Evan Mills, Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2026
But now, after the assassination of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and with the collapse of the Iranian regime looking more likely, the IRGC and its progeny are in an existential moment.
—Colin P. Clarke, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2026
Their new study published today in the journal Nature indicates that a specific molecular group inside the brain may largely determine how dads react to their progeny.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 18 Feb. 2026
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Kathryn Romeyn, HollywoodReporter, 24 Mar. 2026
Only a shadow of these forests’ old-growth trees remain as their second-growth progeny continue to be felled.
—Evan Mills, Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2026
But now, after the assassination of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and with the collapse of the Iranian regime looking more likely, the IRGC and its progeny are in an existential moment.
—Colin P. Clarke, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2026
Their new study published today in the journal Nature indicates that a specific molecular group inside the brain may largely determine how dads react to their progeny.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 18 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for progeny
offspring
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These offspring can be snipped off and planted to create new plants.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
5 Apr. 2026
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This is because using the same pesticide repeatedly allows some pests to survive and pass on their resistance to their offspring.—
Rita Perwich,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Progeny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/progeny. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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