descendants
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The couple had no children, no direct descendants and, as time passed, nobody left to tell their story.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
Israeli-Arabs, who make up around 20 percent of the population, are descendants of Palestinians who stayed after Israel's creation in 1948.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
The discovery is especially important for understanding the origins of crown Hominoidea, the evolutionary group that includes the last common ancestor of all living apes and its descendants.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
A 51-acre piece of land along the Pacific Crest Trail above Santa Clarita is going back to descendants of the people who once lived there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
"The rabbis have a different explanation. The Talmud says it's 'bloods' because Cain didn't only spill Abel's blood. He spilled the blood of Abel and all the descendants he never had."
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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