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Recent Examples of ancestral
Mohegan Tribe The Mohegan Tribe, based in Uncasville, received formal federal recognition in 1994 and has more than 2,400 members, many of whom reside in Connecticut near ancestral tribal lands.
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Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2025
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Afrikan-Reparations (APPG-AR), which is made up of parliamentarians, campaigners and community members, released a report Wednesday calling for a ban on the sale and display of ancestral remains, including Egyptian mummies.
—Amarachi Orie, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025
That is how deeply rooted our ancestral relationship to alcohol might be.
—Dylan Scott, Vox, 14 Mar. 2025
The homes had gardens filled with all manner of trees—papaya, mango, almond, rubber, jackfruit, and my beloved neem, which also grew outside my grandparents’ home in my ancestral village.
—Amitava Kumar, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
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Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2025
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Afrikan-Reparations (APPG-AR), which is made up of parliamentarians, campaigners and community members, released a report Wednesday calling for a ban on the sale and display of ancestral remains, including Egyptian mummies.
—Amarachi Orie, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025
That is how deeply rooted our ancestral relationship to alcohol might be.
—Dylan Scott, Vox, 14 Mar. 2025
The homes had gardens filled with all manner of trees—papaya, mango, almond, rubber, jackfruit, and my beloved neem, which also grew outside my grandparents’ home in my ancestral village.
—Amitava Kumar, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ancestral
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Ultimately, the guild won some historic provisions to serve as a baseline for future negotiations, including contractual language to define a writer as a human.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
13 Mar. 2025
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His historic Park Slope, Brooklyn, rental was already filled with souvenirs from his international work trips, like tribal masks and handmade rugs, which weren’t an obvious pairing for Belanger’s pastel sculptures of cake slices and ice cream cones.—
Morgan Goldberg,
Architectural Digest,
13 Mar. 2025
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A touch of old-world flair resulted: a cassette with 80 minutes of that 1969 show will also be jammed into the box’s elaborate packaging.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
12 Mar. 2025
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The 26 cabins, each with a riverside balcony and lounge, are available with four-poster beds and a personal butler to complete the old-world experience.—
Julia Zaltzman,
Robb Report,
11 Mar. 2025
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In ancient Persia, the charming Jewish orphan for whom the book is named wins King Ahasuerus’s beauty pageant and becomes queen of a massive empire, while keeping her Jewishness secret.—
Tal Fortgang,
National Review,
14 Mar. 2025
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Thus, the team concluded that the late Devonian and late Ordovician extinction events, which respectively took place some 372 and 445 million years ago, were likely caused by such ancient supernovae.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Throughout the years, some of his favorite pastimes included watching westerns and listening to old-time music.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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And over time, as these preservationists noted, old-time Aurorans became interested in their downtown again.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2025
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According to Bell, the system incorporates users’ historical transactions, items added to cart, purchase rates, and related searches when determining relevant products to include in responses.—
Kiri Masters,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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But water levels in the state’s major reservoirs stand at 112% of the historical average, and statewide precipitation is about average for this time of year.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2025
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New flexible behaviors must become habitual for leaders.—
Dan Pontefract,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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As a habitual offender with at least four prior convictions, Reed faced 10 years to life on the charges.—
John Lynch,
arkansasonline.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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The other part of him, the innie, is for all intents and purposes 2 1/2 years old.—
Gary Levin,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
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Every year in the US, there are approximately 35,000 ER visits due to unintentional medication overdoses among children under 5 years old.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Ancestral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ancestral. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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