pedigree
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What kept this viewer in his cell was the series’ pedigree.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
“The perfect buyer found this home. Drawn to its rich history, heritage, and pedigree, he plans to restore it to its classic roots,” Rosten tells Realtor.com.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
For a player arriving with his pedigree and reputation, it was a frustrating start to life in Madrid.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
USC’s current head coach Lincoln Riley has transformed an 11 national championships pedigree formerly of the Pac-12 into a mediocre Big Ten reality.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
He was delighted when the lowly U.S. customs officers on the Manhattan dock failed to cringe at his aristocratic bearing and pedigree.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Convergent evolution shows us that lineages respond more to pressures than pedigrees.
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2026
Meanwhile, the Brewers are largely a collection of castoffs and unknowns who have somehow coalesced into something greater than their collective pedigrees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025
Success will depend on several players with promising pedigrees but limited college production becoming playmakers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 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
To marshal further evidence, Galton began to reconstruct pedigrees of eminent men.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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