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forebear

[fawr-bair, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˌbɛər, ˈfoʊr- /
NOUN
ancestor
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That forebear was a 1961 pop-up where the artist made and sold his own rough-hewn goods.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

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

As with his baseball forebear, Starr's observation has a certain kind of insight.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2023

She tipped the forebear forward and we hurtled down some more, and whatever protests I was going to make died in my throat.

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

Learning about gay rights before Stonewall: It’s LGBTQ+ history month, which means it’s a great moment to learn more about our queer forebears.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

The story has elements similar to popular summer blockbusters, but they’re so finely remixed and retooled that they don’t bear such exhausting resemblance to their forebears.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

He told Ugen he was "married to the movement" and his forebears had fought against China.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

On view at LACMA, David Hockney’s ‘Seven Yorkshire Landscape Videos’ travels country roads, recording the scene in ways that echo artistic forebears.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

It’s a puzzle why we binge on the sweetest and greasiest food we can find, until we consider the eating habits of our forager forebears.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari


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