forebears

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This generation of ETFs isn’t just more expensive and risky than its forebears.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The University of Aberdeen will now lead a larger five-year exploration of the site, which archaeologists hope could reveal "a great deal about our early prehistoric forebears".

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

She also started incorporating images of other inspiring women, including her maternal forebears and the Cuban American sculptor Ana Mendieta.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2025

Just as his own immigrant forebears assimilated and their children were average, upwardly mobile, all-American citizens, so too are the more recent immigrants.

From Salon • Dec. 27, 2025

People ran left and right, searching for kieries and forebears while trying to avoid overturned tables and chairs.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia