hereditary

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Like many chronic afflictions, Mets fandom can be hereditary or acquired.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Two hereditary peers who are set to be removed from the House of Lords will be allowed to keep their parliamentary passes and ceremonial positions.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

"I don't think we should be using the hereditary privilege we have in the Lords to haggle or negotiate for life peerages," the earl said.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

The end is nigh for hereditary peers, whose inherited right to sit in the House of Lords is set to be stripped from them after the passage of a new law this week.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Blending inheritance would function as his natural genetic prison: even if he mated—precisely when he mated—his hereditary features would instantly vanish into a sea of normalcy.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee