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as in weeping
bending downward or forward
the descendant branches of a weeping willow
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Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2024
Oliver Origin: German, French Meaning: Olive tree, ancestors descendant
Alternative Spellings & Variations: Olivier (French)
Famous Namesakes: Actor Oliver Hudson, athlete Oliver Kahn
Peak Popularity: Oliver jumped to the #3 most popular boy name in 2019 and has remained since.
—Casey Clark, Parents, 30 July 2024
Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 27 Feb. 2025
The camps are home to descendants of Palestinians who fled or were forced to flee during wars with Israel decades ago.
—Majdi Mohammed and Tia Goldenberg, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
According to data presented at the May 2 meeting, the program has paid more than $4.8 million to 193 recipients across the ancestor and descendant categories.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2024
Oliver Origin: German, French Meaning: Olive tree, ancestors descendant
Alternative Spellings & Variations: Olivier (French)
Famous Namesakes: Actor Oliver Hudson, athlete Oliver Kahn
Peak Popularity: Oliver jumped to the #3 most popular boy name in 2019 and has remained since.
—Casey Clark, Parents, 30 July 2024
Noun
The medical examiner can only override a family's decision if the descendant's death is considered suspicious or for health and public safety reasons.
—Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 27 Feb. 2025
The camps are home to descendants of Palestinians who fled or were forced to flee during wars with Israel decades ago.
—Majdi Mohammed and Tia Goldenberg, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for descendant
Adjective
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And every day, across from them, outside the clinic, about to enter or just leaving, there were women hugging each other and weeping.—
David Mamet,
National Review,
11 Aug. 2022
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The show manages to stay on the brink — always laughing, never quite weeping — for its entire length.—
Helen Shaw,
Vulture,
8 Dec. 2021
Noun
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The session, which ends Friday, also will include the election of a successor to Bach, whose 12-year tenure comes to an end in June.—
Austin Knoblauch,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2025
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So Far Yet, despite being the ideal role-playing game — one that should (theoretically) be easy enough to replicate — there’s never been a true sequel, spiritual successor, or flat-out copy that can live up to the standard.—
Hayes Madsen,
Rolling Stone,
16 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Excepting Britt Lower’s Helena, who is coded as a child, the offspring of Jame Eagan, the outies have exhausted their arcs.—
Katy Waldman,
The New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2025
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There’s a vast generation gap between immigrants and their Americanized offspring; Indian and Pakistani elders harbor prejudices dating back to partition.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Unlike his father in 1883 and his progeny in Yellowstone, Spencer doesn’t care about legacy.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
10 Mar. 2025
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As the progeny of Ernie Isley — a key songwriter and multi-instrumentalist of The Isley Brothers, perhaps the most prolific soul group of all time — Alex Isley knows a thing or two about sensuality and intimacy.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Over the years, Pritzker, a scion of the Hyatt Hotels fortune and the cousin of Gov. JB Pritzker, has amassed a sizable portfolio of vintage houses in Chicago and Evanston.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
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Big names from class struggles past Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt, both scions of an old and prosperous Dutch dynasty in New York, enlarged their vision and political prospects by transcending allegiance to their economic caste.—
Ron Elving,
NPR,
1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The neutral material keeps it from looking like an eye sore and can be expanded for more hanging space as needed.—
Micaela Arnett,
Rolling Stone,
10 Jan. 2024
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This playful hanging figure will give your trick-or-treaters and guests a laugh instead of a fright.—
Wendy Vazquez,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Sep. 2023
Noun
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Ruth Imogen Stout was born in Girard, Kansas, on June 14, 1884, the fifth of nine children.—
Jill Lepore,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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One study found that 9% of children had abdominal migraines, and most had family members with other types of migraine.—
Janelle McSwiggin, MSN,
Health,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Descendant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/descendant. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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