heritage
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Directed by EWP artistic director Lily Tung Crystal, who is of Chinese heritage, the production is on a quest for a deeper authenticity.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Isak, who was of Jewish heritage, was born in Istanbul and moved with his family to Catalonia as a teenager before co-founding Mango in the mid-1980s.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Diane Briones Williams’s textiles at Official Welcome inject international flair into Western art history by rendering traditional scenes—landscapes, still lifes and genre painings—in needlepoint, then adding elements that touch on the artist’s Filipino heritage.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
The law’s mandate was the diversity and richness of America’s cultural heritage, but DOGE’s methodology was Control-F.
From Slate • May 14, 2026
I would have loved to have known about any part of my heritage that didn't make me feel so alone in the world.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
Vocabulary lists containing heritage
It's All in the Family
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"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
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