as in ancestor
a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent
the progenitors of today's Maya once ruled a mighty empire that stretched across much of Central America
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Recent Examples of progenitor
And while Luft had numerous examples of the progenitor for Porsche displayed throughout the sprawling exhibition space, a 356B Cabriolet drew some of the biggest crowds, not only for its distinctive styling but for its A-list owner.
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Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2024
The progenitor of party culture, no one did it better than Puff Daddy back in the day.
—Amy Dubois Barnett, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
Compared to later Cobras, on paper the progenitor might seem too primitive to actually enjoy on a drive while surrounded by modern vehicles.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Whether the disparity represents a different mechanism for these flashes or something else about their progenitors’ ages or environments remains to be seen.
—Adam Mann, Scientific American, 22 Nov. 2021
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Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2024
The progenitor of party culture, no one did it better than Puff Daddy back in the day.
—Amy Dubois Barnett, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
Compared to later Cobras, on paper the progenitor might seem too primitive to actually enjoy on a drive while surrounded by modern vehicles.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Whether the disparity represents a different mechanism for these flashes or something else about their progenitors’ ages or environments remains to be seen.
—Adam Mann, Scientific American, 22 Nov. 2021
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John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough and an ancestor of Winston’s, drew his sword to protect the prince from the panicking crowd, and Samuel Pepys, the celebrated diarist and Royal Navy administrator, witnessed the sinking.Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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How brujas use spirituality to honor the ancestors on Día de Muertos.Christian Orozco, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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My grandfather, a rabbi who died this year, made it out of Europe before the Holocaust.Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Harris regularly visited India as a child and spent time with her grandfather, P. V. Gopalan, a freedom fighter in India.Yash Roy, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
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One of the drivers in the original crash, her father and both police officers were standing in front of the cars involved when Geer crashed into the back of the Tacoma, police said in the affidavit.Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2024
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Their father — whose name has not been confirmed — tried to cling on to them but they were swept away by the tide of water, state news agency EFE reported.Reuters, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Progenitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/progenitor. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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