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forebear

[fawr-bair, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˌbɛər, ˈfoʊr- /
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Maye’s been so persuasive it’s provoking inevitable but treacherous comparisons to Brady, his carbohydrate-shunning forebear, now immortalized in 12 feet of handsome bronze outside the Foxborough gate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

Frances Dinkenspiel is an author and journalist who has written a lot about California, including the book “Towers of Gold,” about her forebear, the pioneering banker and landowner Isaias Hellman.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2025

Named for its Star Trek forebear, Holodeck generates a virtually limitless range of indoor environments, using AI to interpret users' requests.

From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2024

At the moment, none of the new hominins is convincing as a direct forebear of Homo.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 3, 2024

She pulled her forebear off her wrist and switched it from a shield to its normal hover mode.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia




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