descent
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Huang makes an effort every day to meet with people in every corner of the community, said Amy Quichiz, Huang’s co-campaign manager, who is of Colombian and Peruvian descent.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026
For hundreds of years, readers have interpreted Satan's descent in the Divine Comedy as a spiritual fall from grace.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
Although both of Boucher's parents were of French-Canadian descent and spoke French with each other, it was once illegal to teach French in school in the US state of Maine, where the Bouchers lived.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
“Fade,” the sixth edition of the museum’s “F” series of exhibitions, staged every few years and focused on emerging artists of African descent, is a small but captivating show.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
His head pounded with pain from the sudden descent, and his heart raced.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
Vocabulary lists containing descent
"The Ravine," Vocabulary from the short story
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 16–19
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