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heritage

Definition for heritage

noun as in person's background, tradition

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So, I’ve played my son a little bit of reggae and rocksteady, and there’s a heritage of sound that I think I’m passing on.

"Human attraction to alcohol probably arose from this dietary heritage of our common ancestor with chimpanzees," said study researcher Aleksey Maro of the University of California, Berkeley.

From BBC

Of Yemeni and Syrian heritage, Al-Shamahi grew up in Birmingham, England; earned degrees in evolutionary biology and taxonomy and biodiversity from Imperial College London and was named a National Geographic Emerging Explorer in 2015.

They added Barlaston and its community were of "key importance" to both Fiskars Group and Wedgwood and had an "enduring role in heritage and operations".

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"There's a long legacy, a long heritage. You can trust it, it's going to stick around."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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