pedigree
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Georgia, a perennial top-10 program and national championship contender, typically recruits passers of Matthew Stafford-level pedigree.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
His Harvard-and-Yale pedigree and debate-me-bro verbosity make him come off more like a snob than a man of the people.
From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2026
“Even with respectable ancillary income based on the film’s pedigree, the movie is going to lose a lot of money,” David A. Gross wrote in his FranchiseRe movie industry newsletter shortly after the film’s opening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
While brands that trade on comfort and aristocratic pedigree such as Rolls-Royce and Bentley have invested heavily, more performance-oriented badges such as Aston Martin, McLaren and Lamborghini have said they don’t see a market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Apparently, having a Capitol pedigree is as useless here as it was in 13.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
Convergent evolution shows us that lineages respond more to pressures than pedigrees.
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2026
Young adults with lesser pedigrees may not be as picky about jobs because they can’t afford to be.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025
Success will depend on several players with promising pedigrees but limited college production becoming playmakers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2025
However, pedigrees are recorded manually, and they may go back only a few generations.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 19, 2024
The woman was Anita Perkins and the man was Leonard Williams, and they both had fancy pedigrees and degrees and obviously tons of connections everywhere.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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