as in descendant
a person born into a family and especially one that is rich, famous, or important
He's the scion of a billionaire family.
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Recent Examples of scion
Elsewhere, a Kennedy scion fell short, and two longtime incumbents fended off challengers.
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Alex Lemonides,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
The Kennedy scion is running in one of the country's wealthiest congressional districts — covering much of the center of Manhattan — but faces questions about his lack of work experience against more seasoned opponents.
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ABC News,
23 June 2026
The Kennedy scion is running in one of the country’s wealthiest congressional districts — covering much of the center of Manhattan — but faces questions about his lack of work experience against more seasoned opponents.
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Anthony Izaguirre,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
Sadeq, a 45-year-old whose clerical salt-and-pepper beard and calming mien manifested his upbringing as the son of Nabatieh’s imam and a scion of the city, spoke of the need for Lebanon’s Shiites to formulate a way beyond the conflicts that have marked their history.
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Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2026
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Alex Lemonides,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
The Kennedy scion is running in one of the country's wealthiest congressional districts — covering much of the center of Manhattan — but faces questions about his lack of work experience against more seasoned opponents.
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ABC News,
23 June 2026
The Kennedy scion is running in one of the country’s wealthiest congressional districts — covering much of the center of Manhattan — but faces questions about his lack of work experience against more seasoned opponents.
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Anthony Izaguirre,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
Sadeq, a 45-year-old whose clerical salt-and-pepper beard and calming mien manifested his upbringing as the son of Nabatieh’s imam and a scion of the city, spoke of the need for Lebanon’s Shiites to formulate a way beyond the conflicts that have marked their history.
—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scion
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The caskets of his family members sat beneath Khamenei’s, which had his black turban atop it, identifying him as a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad.
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In a sit-down interview with ABC News' Senior National Correspondent Steve Osunsami, Banks met Salvatore Pace, one of his white cousins who is a Jefferson Randolph Coolidge descendant, for the first time.
Noun
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After several generations, those faster-growing cells produced more offspring and became increasingly common in the population, demonstrating a basic form of natural selection.
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Instead, the system simply makes a bunch of copies to increase the probability that some of them will end up in each of the offspring.
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“Scion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scion. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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