descent
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The resolution also emphasised that reparation claims "represent a concrete step towards remedying historical wrongs against Africans and people of African descent".
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
Her unsteady ascent toward womanhood coincides, hysterically, with the theater company’s descent into chaos.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
She has a firm idea about the distinction between two very different theories of citizenship: jus soli, based on soil, and jus sanguinis, based on descent.
From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026
This tension plays out in the storyline of Frendy, a magnetic student of Haitian descent who uses bachata to fit in.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
Briony felt her heart rate rise as she began her unwilling descent.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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