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Main Entry:
de·scend·ant
[
dih-
sen
-d
uh
nt
]
/
dɪˈsɛn
dənt
/
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Descendant
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Example Sentences
In her mind this made her a
descendant
of the black diaspora if only by cultural affiliation.
And she is the first first lady who is the direct
descendant
of slaves.
Okefenokee is ruled by a
descendant
of the dinosaur, the fearsome alligator.
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In her mind this made her a
descendant
of the black diaspora if only by cultural affiliation.
And she is the first first lady who is the direct
descendant
of slaves.
Okefenokee is ruled by a
descendant
of the dinosaur, the fearsome alligator.
Buckhannon adolescents still visit a third-generation
descendant
of the original sycamore on field trips.
The traditional imagery of evolution is of a linear march of primitive ancestors leading up to an advanced
descendant
.
I've often wondered if cobbler is the
descendant
of dutch pies which are varietals of regular pie.
The village priest is a common man, not elected and not chosen by
descendant
line.
It's not the first time a previous lead actor's
descendant
has appeared on the show.
The pattern this creates is of ancestral and
descendant
species overlapping in time.
Every black-footed ferret alive today is a
descendant
of one of seven of these ferrets.
It's a
descendant
of an aerospace technology called, yes, fly-by-wire.
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