heritage
Example Sentences
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Before he was an international sports mogul, he was Enos Stanley Kroenke from rural Missouri with sporting heritage scrawled right on his birth certificate—his namesakes were St. Louis Cardinals legends Enos Slaughter and Stan Musial.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Born to parents who moved to New York from the US Virgin Islands, Rollins incorporated some of the inflections of his heritage into his jazz.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
Chinese companies know they don’t have the heritage of a Mercedes or a Rolls-Royce.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
One attendee, Jess Blaise, the co-founder of Haitian Spotlight LA, credits her Haitian heritage and the fragrance rituals modeled by her mother for her connection to scent.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
At home, children are exposed to a family’s musical heritage, which may contain music unfamiliar to those in their dominant culture.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
Vocabulary lists containing heritage
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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