pedigree
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Oscar pedigree: Director Siân Heder, who co-wrote the movie with Rebekah Taussig, won an Oscar for writing the 2022 best picture winner “CODA.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 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
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
Young quarterbacks of his pedigree are hardly ever available this early in their careers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Galton must have realized the inherent limits of his pedigree project, for he soon abandoned it for a more powerful empirical approach.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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
Recounting an oversight hearing on Capitol Hill, Gluesenkamp Perez describes looking over the witnesses with their fusty manner and fancy pedigrees and wondering if any had ever turned a wrench.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2024
To marshal further evidence, Galton began to reconstruct pedigrees of eminent men.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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