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descended

[dih-sen-did] / dɪˈsɛn dɪd /


VERB
trace ancestry from; be passed or handed down
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Similar nationwide protests a week earlier also descended into unrest, following four weeks of student demonstrations over the poor state of France's schools.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

At another company’s event in Nashville this spring, Scott Stevens was among dozens of fund managers who descended on a luxury hotel to pitch wealthy investors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

However, this is the first time researchers have been able to reconstruct such a clear transition between different thermal conditions as a rock descended from shallower to much greater depths.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

In recent weeks, more than 1.6 million visitors have descended upon a park in Busan to catch a glimpse of Bukangi, named after the canal in which she was spotted.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Along one edge, a set of cement stairs descended into the water.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri


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