as in lineage
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
a woman of good pedigree
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Recent Examples of pedigree
Just over a year later, the amount of pro-level pedigree on USC’s staff can rival most anyone across the country.
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Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 18 Jan. 2025
Sarah Strong arrived in Storrs with high expectations as the No. 1 recruit in the Class of 2024, and the freshman has already lived up to everything that her pedigree promised.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2025
With a talented roster on both sides of the ball, the Raiders need a coach who can bring out the best in the team, and Carroll's leadership style and pedigree could help turn this franchise into a contender again.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
There is a free agent on the market who checks virtually every need possible: right-handed bat, plus defender, respected leader with a winning pedigree.
—Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 18 Jan. 2025
Sarah Strong arrived in Storrs with high expectations as the No. 1 recruit in the Class of 2024, and the freshman has already lived up to everything that her pedigree promised.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2025
With a talented roster on both sides of the ball, the Raiders need a coach who can bring out the best in the team, and Carroll's leadership style and pedigree could help turn this franchise into a contender again.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
There is a free agent on the market who checks virtually every need possible: right-handed bat, plus defender, respected leader with a winning pedigree.
—Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pedigree
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Born in 1946 to a father who worked in British intelligence and a dancer mother who traced her lineage to the Habsburg dynasty, Faithfull was also, on her mother’s side, the great-great niece of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (whose 1870 novel Venus in Furs gave us the terms masochism and S&M).—
Corey Seymour,
Vogue,
31 Jan. 2025
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Nestled comfortably between heritage, lineage and modernity, the brand is rising to the occasion.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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The rising French actor, who was named on Wednesday as Berluti’s new brand ambassador for 2025, is the grandson of New Wave icon Jean-Paul Belmondo and has both French and Italian ancestry.—
Joelle Diderich,
WWD,
15 Jan. 2025
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Many Argentine people have Spanish, Italian and German ancestry.—
Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
15 Jan. 2025
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For the exhibit, the two did an intricate design of a tree of Yemen and Arab genealogy.—
Janice Neuman,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
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But investigative genetic genealogy can never confirm a person’s identity.—
Sarah Weinman,
Rolling Stone,
1 Dec. 2024
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Zoologist Charles Davenport created the Cold Spring Harbor Eugenics Record Office in 1910 to pursue his interests in evolution, breeding and human heredity.—
Shoumita Dasgupta,
The Conversation,
13 Jan. 2025
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Spring migration starts between January and March, with storks returning to their breeding areas by May.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
21 Dec. 2024
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The movement bears the prestigious Geneva Seal, a certification that guarantees not only the movement's Geneva origin but also its superior chronometry and finishing.—
Bhanu Chopra,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Understanding the history and origin of these laws is critical to that effort.—
Peter L. Markowitz,
New York Daily News,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Pedigree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pedigree. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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