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descended

[dih-sen-did] / dɪˈsɛn dɪd /


VERB
trace ancestry from; be passed or handed down
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According to other attendees, including Times journalists, event staff were checking tickets, though not very thoroughly, at multiple points prior to escalators that descended to the metal detectors where Allen allegedly dashed past armed security.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

On his tours, Tanenhaus dives into Tulsa’s past as an oil boomtown, when ambitious types from across the country descended on the city and changed it in the process.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

He was a diminutive guitar deity who could only have descended in America, but calling him something so plain and mortal as “American” still feels close to sacrilege.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026

The tourists descended the hill after receiving the green light from the police.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

The only two things out of the ordinary are the faint shadows under her eyes, and the unusual quiet that has descended over her lunch table.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish



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