progeny

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And Standard Oil’s progeny formed the core of the “Seven Sisters” oil majors that divvied up among themselves the Middle East’s resources until the 1970s.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

“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

And, as The Times noted in a 1997 review of Ozzfest, “Since Black Sabbath’s ‘70s heyday, its progeny have upped the ante considerably when it comes to rock’s shock value.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2025

Rich men can afford to support lots of progeny they never have to see.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2025

From their own standpoint, the organelles might be viewed as having learned early how to have the best of possible worlds, with least effort and risk to themselves and their progeny.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas