hereditary
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Seretse Khama, the hereditary chief of Botswana’s largest tribe, became the country’s first president in 1966.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Due to Jack's HAE being hereditary, other family members suffer from the condition, including his mother and grandmother.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
All but one of the 13 countries that did so are hereditary monarchies.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
And in a country that prides itself on this hereditary purity, the identity of Kim's mother is not just a secret - but a threat to the regime itself.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
Jenkin’s central problem with Darwin was this: if hereditary traits kept “blending” with each other in every generation, then what would keep any variation from being diluted out immediately by interbreeding?
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing hereditary
100 SAT Words Beginning with "H"
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"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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"Democracy in America, Vol. 1" by Alexis de Tocqueville, Introduction–Chapter 5
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