heritage
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“We asked her to publicly acknowledge that she is a white woman of Jewish heritage and an Israeli settler family.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
His paintings at smoke the moon echo European Impressionism while their frames are ornamented with cast-aluminum sculptures of objects that speak to the artist’s indigenous heritage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
What had once been part of everyday life became heritage.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Consider the most famous Irish person of Jewish heritage, who despite being fictional can be said to have changed the world.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
The hijab signaled who she was and that she was proud of her heritage.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
The stockpile, which has since risen in value, adds Wyoming to a growing cohort of states, including some with mining heritages, looking to add precious metal to their investment portfolios.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
It was one of the artefacts that launched an online campaign to highlight women's roles in pre-colonial communities - and revive cultural heritages almost erased by colonialism.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2025
“Only in America,” Harris said, was it possible for two people of such different backgrounds and heritages to join together to make it “all the way” to the White House.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2024
Even the Moscow Art Theatre, from which Chekhov’s plays emerged, has recognized that heritages need to be reinvented.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2024
The chromosomes transmit the physical bases of heredity from one generation to the next, and the heritages from the two parents are equal except in cases of prepotency.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley
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It's All in the Family
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"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
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