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the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
a woman of good pedigree
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Recent Examples of pedigree
And the change comes as more students and families question the value of a college pedigree.
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Defne Karabatur, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
These models promise both the rugged appeal and historical pedigree of Stowa's aviation designs with a modern, versatile touch suitable for daily wear.
—Matthew Catellier, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Due to the size of the markets and the pedigree of the franchises, baseball’s boosters have reason to be bullish about the ratings potential of the Fall Classic.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
Its first clubhouse on Madison Avenue had quite the design pedigree; it was designed by Stanford White and decorated by Elsie de Wolfe.
—Stefanie Waldek, Architectural Digest, 24 Oct. 2024
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Defne Karabatur, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
These models promise both the rugged appeal and historical pedigree of Stowa's aviation designs with a modern, versatile touch suitable for daily wear.
—Matthew Catellier, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Due to the size of the markets and the pedigree of the franchises, baseball’s boosters have reason to be bullish about the ratings potential of the Fall Classic.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
Its first clubhouse on Madison Avenue had quite the design pedigree; it was designed by Stanford White and decorated by Elsie de Wolfe.
—Stefanie Waldek, Architectural Digest, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pedigree
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Organizations need systems that can identify not just where AI tools are being used but how they're being used—including model lineage, training data sources and inference patterns.Rajat Bhargava, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Nearly $1 billion in donations have poured in, much coming from corporations such as Apple and the Total energy group, and prominent French lineages, including the Bettencourt Meyers family of L’Oréal, the Pinaults of Kering, and the Arnaults of LVMH.Dana Thomas, Architectural Digest, 20 Nov. 2024
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Owner Dave Daley will also give a talk on the local Métis culture; people who share both European and Indigenous ancestry.Adam Morganstern, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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This dual ancestry has spurred a unique pain for Bublikov and others of similar mixed origin as the conflict mounts overseas at an alarming pace, risking international expansion.Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 24 Nov. 2024
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After exhausting almost all leads, the pair turned to forensic genealogy, a practice that finds potential relatives through DNA matches to identify a suspect, according to the Justice Department.Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 1 Nov. 2024
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Investigators use genetic genealogy to solve cold cases by using suspect DNA collected from a crime scene, analyzing it, and converting it into a raw data file.Alaa Elassar, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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For a bigger excursion, consider a detour to Sable Island National Park Reserve, an island with towering sand dunes, the world’s largest breeding colony of gray seals, and wild horses.Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2024
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The Bene Gesserit are, uh, geneticists These space witches are running a gigantic, generations-long breeding program to guide all the great houses and eventually put the perfect person, or Kwisatz Haderach, on the Imperium throne and under their control.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
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Check out the trailer for season six here: As the characters are introduced to audiences in advance of a possible prequel series about their origin story, the show will take viewers back to the 1970s when Virgin River looked a little different, but was still a very magical place.Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2024
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Some big ancient names have all described different origin stories to the Greek city, from Herodotus, Thucydides and Aristotle, to Strabo in his Geographica.John Oseid, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Pedigree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pedigree. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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