passed down

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“Time and Water” touches on the epic verse called rimurs, passed down via chanted song by Icelandic women, their descriptive, sorrowful tales like dispatches from previous ages.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Brand surmises that the Dutch collaborator Seyffardt acquired the painting at the 1940 auction and it was then passed down throughout the generations.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

The craft itself was kept within a single family and passed down generations.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

Over time, bullies became the exception and not the norm as prosocial traits became more likely to help genes get passed down.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

In their world, the Twelve Towns, a child’s name was a prophecy, passed down from a grandmother or the Town Gran, their leader.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega