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descended

[dih-sen-did] / dɪˈsɛn dɪd /


VERB
trace ancestry from; be passed or handed down
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But within hours of their gathering, Cuba had descended into its sixth nationwide blackout this year.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Now we are seeing sentiment get very bullish on USO once again, as the put-call ratio has descended to nearly the lowest point on the above chart.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

So the ability to simply buy a jar descended from it feels like an almost comically specific luxury: somebody else has already done the sticky part.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

Before the doom descended last week, OpenAI researchers were euphoric.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

All those things had happened last year, when Sigurd the Varangian had descended upon the village of Zmeyreka like a dark cloud.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack



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