pedigree

Example Sentences

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With “Linaje” — it translates to lineage, a term often associated with nobility and pedigree — the brothers are intent on sharing their hard-earned success with those they love most.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

But she wound up being just one of many with such a pedigree in his Cabinet, and she’s kept a low profile ever since.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026

But given his pedigree, the kid is hardly above suspicion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

The 2026 competition had more than 200 pedigree breeds competing from March 5-8.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

Ricky bought it from the town dump with a jar of quarters—or so he claimed—a pedigree whose odor even the forest of air-freshener trees he’d hung from the mirror couldn’t mask.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs