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descend

[dih-send] / dɪˈsɛnd /


VERB
trace ancestry from; be passed or handed down
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Soon the world’s media, true-crime junkies and more would descend on her courthouse.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Lhakpa Sherpa, 52, known as the "Mountain Queen", first stood on the top of Everest in 2000, becoming the first Nepali woman to successfully summit and descend the world's highest peak.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

The findings build on earlier ancient DNA studies published in 2021 that first proposed the idea that modern Japanese people descend from three major ancestral sources instead of two.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

He told the group they could go up to the crater as long as they made sure to descend shortly afterwards.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

Gatlinburg is a shock to the system from whichever angle you survey it, but never more so than when you descend upon it from a spell of moist, grubby isolation in the woods.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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