progeny
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“It was an odd pairing: Harold Macmillan, the inhibited, repressed publisher’s son, and Bob Boothby, the warm, witty progeny of an Edinburgh banker,” writes Lynne Olson.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
In any other sport, the progeny of a former star player ascending to the highest level would be especially noteworthy.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2025
This kind of teamwork can improve the chances that the progeny will survive, especially when resources are limited, Dr. Bendesky said.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2024
In less time than it takes to say “arachnophobia,” it will escape, reproduce like a bandit and send its deadly progeny scampering into every unsealed nook and cranny.
From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2024
For to play a system requires money, while the wages of a gardener’s helper do not lap over the needs of a wife and numerous progeny.
From "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
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We the People: Gen
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