hereditary
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Today, almost every country that isn’t a hereditary monarchy is declining to issue currency that features its sitting head of state.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Ms. Hanssen, a screenwriter and radio host, has produced a gritty melodrama of familial love and hereditary tragedy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
These were caused by firstly a bed bound state and secondary hereditary spastic paraplegia.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
But the ability to identify and eliminate debilitating diseases—for example, hereditary blindness—is nothing short of amazing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
And some enforce their patents aggressively: Myriad Genetics, which holds the patents on the BRCAi and BRCA2 genes responsible for most cases of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, charges $3,000 to test for the genes.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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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