pedigree
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Modest, diplomatic and with a strong political pedigree, 66-year-old Herzog was sworn in as Israel's president in 2021 after being elected by lawmakers in a landslide.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 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
Winner of the 2017 Women's Euros with her own Netherlands and runner-up at the subsequent World Cup in 2019, she certainly had the pedigree, but could she deliver on her promises?
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 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
We have a few more scraps of information about his intellectual pedigree.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
More so than many cast members, who wear their pedigrees on their sleeve, she generates a feeling of “Well, well, what do we have here?” with no easy, immediate answer.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
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
Currently, pedigrees are how horse owners and breeders find out which stallions are in a horse's ancestry, which gives information on the traits a horse may have inherited.
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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