heritage
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While working in the United States more than a decade ago, Kate met music producer Kool Kojak and was encouraged to explore her Irish heritage through music.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Nash's exploration of Irish history also places her in a long tradition of second-generation Irish artists examining their heritage.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Coffee yogurt: Dannon’s decision to discontinue the fan favorite offers brand strategists a live study in managing heritage products against modern consumer shifts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Rather than focusing on heritage or artisanal craftsmanship promoted in similar campaigns in Italy or France, Lithuania and its Baltic neighbours Estonia and Latvia are highlighting they are home to innovation.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Why would his own parents not want him to embrace his heritage?’
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
The stockpile, which has since risen in value, adds Wyoming to a growing cohort of states, including some with mining heritages, looking to add precious metal to their investment portfolios.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
Two MPs have announced their marriage with a wedding that they said celebrated their "two different heritages".
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2025
“Only in America,” Harris said, was it possible for two people of such different backgrounds and heritages to join together to make it “all the way” to the White House.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2024
And yet Native music, kaleidoscopically varied across the country and its many tribes and heritages, remains only rarely heard, and so only vaguely understood and appreciated, by non-Natives.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2024
All the social heritages, traditions, sentiments, culture, technique, are accommodations—that is, acquired adjustments that are socially and not biologically transmitted.
From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra
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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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