seeds

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beginning, source n.
children n.

NOUN

beginning, source

Synonyms

STRONGEST

berry corn egg grain nut

STRONG

bud cell conceit concept conception core ear embryo germ image impression inkling kernel notion nucleus ovule ovum particle rudiment semen spark sperm spore start suspicion

Antonyms

STRONG

being concrete death exterior exteriority outside

WEAK

ancestor effect end ending parent result

NOUN

children

Synonyms

STRONG

brood descendants heirs issue offspring posterity progeny race scions spawn successors

WEAK

progeniture

Antonyms

STRONG

parent

WEAK

ancestor effect end ending result

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seeds

But it’s also possible that the seeds of Democrats’ defeat were planted last year after Chuck Schumer, the Senate Democratic leader, tried and failed to convince John Bel Edwards, a former Louisiana governor, to run.

From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2026

I’m still discovering things from the seeds he planted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

They used radiocarbon dating to determine the age of six individual seeds.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

Volunteers collected seagrass seeds from a donor meadow in Torpoint in autumn 2025 before planting them in the estuary.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

We both watched while the rest of the sunflower seeds disappeared from inside.

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones

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