pedigree

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But she wound up being just one of many with such a pedigree in his Cabinet, and she’s kept a low profile ever since.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026

That will be in one of five tiers so the more pedigree you have, the more money you will be given.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

“I see where I had the opportunity and where that privilege comes from,” Hudson says of her Hollywood pedigree.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

But there are a few that stand out, for their styling, pedigree, or what’s under the hood.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Ricky bought it from the town dump with a jar of quarters—or so he claimed—a pedigree whose odor even the forest of air-freshener trees he’d hung from the mirror couldn’t mask.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs