descendants
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They may be able to constrain objects that existed at redshifts greater than 10, even though the mergers of their descendants that create the gravitational waves happen much later in cosmic history.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
In recent decades, scientists have increasingly sought to classify organisms according to genuine evolutionary groups, or clades, that contain a common ancestor and all of its descendants.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
In an era of public offerings and acquisitions, Lodge has remained in the grip of its founding patriarch’s descendants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
There could be legal proceedings to decide whether the money goes to any descendants of the Van Assche family, the organization carrying out the work or the workers themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Some of these traumatized common people, and their descendants became the settlers who would cross a vast ocean, drawn by the promise of their own land and higher status.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
