scion
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Discovery will be called Skydance — the moniker he picked nearly two decades ago when the tech scion began building his Hollywood empire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
It was founded in 1978 by Steven Loui, a talented engineer and scion of a powerful Hawaiian shipping family.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
The scion of football royalty was on track for yet another disappointing loss to Ohio State.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The former shipping scion took over the reins from the last British Governor Chris Patten in July 1997 when the UK handed Hong Kong back to China, ending more than 150 years of British control.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
And if he, good Christian, scion of a striving class, patron saint of the twice as good, could be forever bound, who then could not?
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Plenty of business scions have inherited a fortune and used it to make a slightly bigger hoard.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Call them “fail-sons,” incompetent scions who, no matter how hard they try, will never be as accomplished as their rich or powerful parents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
The first venture capitalists were wealthy individuals like Brown and Englishman Matthew Boulton—who subsidized James Watt’s steam engine in Great Britain—and scions of wealthy dynasties like the Rockefellers in the U.S.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
The scions of two Philippine political dynasties, Duterte and Marcos had initially competed for the presidency in the lead-up to the 2022 elections.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2025
Some of the scions of these older families are still here.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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