progeny
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“It was an odd pairing: Harold Macmillan, the inhibited, repressed publisher’s son, and Bob Boothby, the warm, witty progeny of an Edinburgh banker,” writes Lynne Olson.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
But there’s an attitude, a worldview and a fundamental set of principles that guide the tech industry and its progeny, like a secular catechism.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2025
Objectively, a family, a nation, even a civilization’s measure of enduring success has to be the survival and nurturing of its progeny.
From Salon • Dec. 23, 2024
This kind of teamwork can improve the chances that the progeny will survive, especially when resources are limited, Dr. Bendesky said.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2024
He was ambitious in the extreme, and like Walt McCandless, his aspirations extended to his progeny.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing progeny
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
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We the People: Gen
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