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descended

[dih-sen-did] / dɪˈsɛn dɪd /


VERB
trace ancestry from; be passed or handed down
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The rescue teams from across the globe that descended upon this strip of coast are long gone, as is international attention to the plight of La Guaira.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Rumoured to be descended from Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming dynasty, Zhu was born in the central city of Changsha in 1928 into a China riven by civil war.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

Its appearance bears little obvious resemblance to the spiders and scorpions that descended from its broader evolutionary lineage.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

He is descended from Sephardic Jews who came to Britain from Tuscany in the 1790s and from Mizrahi Jews who arrived from Morocco in the 1820s.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

As the sun descended below the horizon, we reached the hideaway.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros



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