as in fruit
the descendants of a person, animal, or plant
the racehorse's offspring all proved to be very good racers as well the couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary surrounded by three generations of offspring
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Recent Examples of offspring
Meanwhile, those with these risk variants have, statistically speaking, 50% chance of passing them on to offspring.
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New Atlas, 14 Jan. 2025
During those weeks, the cicadas mature, mate and lay eggs before dying off, and then their offspring begin the cycle anew.
—Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2025
The ad hoc lineup on Time included a peer of early Fleetwood Mac, Traffic guitarist Dave Mason, and the offspring of another ’60s peer, Bonnie Bramlett’s daughter Bekka Bramlett.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 9 Jan. 2025
Lurking within the various plotlines is a critique of the greed and selfishness baked into Baby Boomers and Gen X, who used up the planet’s resources without concern for the fallout faced by their offspring.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
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New Atlas, 14 Jan. 2025
During those weeks, the cicadas mature, mate and lay eggs before dying off, and then their offspring begin the cycle anew.
—Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2025
The ad hoc lineup on Time included a peer of early Fleetwood Mac, Traffic guitarist Dave Mason, and the offspring of another ’60s peer, Bonnie Bramlett’s daughter Bekka Bramlett.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 9 Jan. 2025
Lurking within the various plotlines is a critique of the greed and selfishness baked into Baby Boomers and Gen X, who used up the planet’s resources without concern for the fallout faced by their offspring.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for offspring
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The hanging fruits had been emblazoned with the letters of the Black sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc.—
Veronica Hilbring,
Essence.com,
11 July 2017
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My feeling is generally in the case of summer fruit pies, if things are in season and at their peak bounty, why be skimpy?—
Rick Martinez,
Bon Appetit,
8 July 2017
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The hope, of course, is that the joyous moments outweigh the headaches and that on some lizard-brain level, this early exposure will pay off someday, helping to shape the great people that our progeny will eventually become.—
Ashlea Halpern,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Dec. 2024
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Down below, the musicians come off as its progeny, especially once Lipton Bot introduces us to his Grandpa Morrie, a sentient and arguably senile Roomba.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
24 Nov. 2024
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Two wins against the No. 2 seed in the West in four days.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
5 Feb. 2025
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The team made the playoffs only once in LaVine’s tenure, facing the Milwaukee Bucks in 2022 as the No. 6 seed in the Eastern Conference.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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In recent days, judges have pumped the brakes on Trump’s efforts to freeze spending, cull the federal workforce, end automatic citizenship for children born on U.S. soil, send transgender women to men’s prisons and dismantle the United States Agency for International Development.—
Josh Meyer,
USA TODAY,
10 Feb. 2025
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Their children generally take a more structured approach to mealtimes and bedtime.—
ROBIN ABCARIAN Los Angeles Times,
arkansasonline.com,
9 Feb. 2025
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That is where an intercultural specialist can step in to not only work with students and teachers, but families as well.—
Graham P. Johnson,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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The Colorado Springs, Colorado, homeowner was treated for smoke inhalation, and his family was temporarily displaced by the June 26 fire, CBS affiliate KKTV reported.—
Kate Gibson,
CBS News,
6 Feb. 2025
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The episode opens with the sort of humiliation that no one would want recorded for posterity or presented to the public.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
6 Feb. 2025
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Thanks to their tradition of reserving 10 to 15 percent of the wines from each harvest in the cellar for posterity, Conde de los Andes has a deep collection of whites from as far back as 1930.—
Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen,
Robb Report,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Offspring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offspring. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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