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pedigree

[ped-i-gree] / ˈpɛd ɪˌgri /
ADJECTIVE
purebred
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
base-born lowly




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Despite its celebrity pedigree and hefty price tag, the treatment itself is one of the more affordable wellness options among the U.S.’ trillion-dollar wellness industry.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

Such an impressive classical pedigree belies the “gremlins of self-doubt” that have plagued Hopkins for much of his life.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

Garnacho arrives at Aston Villa still with more promise than pedigree.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Their pedigree, along with a story concept Cregger and Duffield devised over a weekend, quickly made Siren Head the subject of a multistudio bidding war.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

He was a Strange, with all that that entailed—though the significance of his name would be meaningless to her, and anyway, he didn’t think she was inquiring into his pedigree.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Convergent evolution shows us that lineages respond more to pressures than pedigrees.

From Slate Jan. 25, 2026

Some old and some new, but players with reputations and pedigrees to match, who have helped haul Scotland from the shadows of irrelevance into the spotlight.

From BBC Nov. 18, 2025

Success will depend on several players with promising pedigrees but limited college production becoming playmakers.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2025

However, pedigrees are recorded manually, and they may go back only a few generations.

From Science Daily Nov. 19, 2024

To marshal further evidence, Galton began to reconstruct pedigrees of eminent men.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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