ancestral
Example Sentences
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Brick and stone floors with chips and random damage give the viewer the sense of being present in the courtyard of an ancient ancestral house.
Each species on Earth can trace its roots back to the same cluster of ancestral organisms and occupies a distinct position on a single, complex, prolifically branching, unfathomably extensive and largely invisible tree of life.
The novel explores themes of ancestral sin and atonement against the backdrop of the forests, which stand as silent witnesses to human crimes enacted on a global scale.
From Los Angeles Times
"We will continue to develop, build, and settle the land of our ancestral heritage, with faith in the justice of our path."
From Barron's
Brazil's top court struck down a law on Thursday that limits Indigenous people's rights to their ancestral lands, the latest twist in a long legal battle over native territory.
From Barron's
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