hereditary

Example Sentences

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Although run by hereditary royals, the country’s raucous parliament blocked new policies.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Pulmonary embolism and hereditary coagulopathy — an arterial blockage in the lungs and issues with blood clotting either too much or too little — contributed to his death, People said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

The government says they will be appointed to ensure the Lords "can continue to function effectively, and the experience of some departing hereditary peers is not lost".

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

For the British the hope is that the trip will exploit the modern irony that the world’s most powerful republic finds an old monarchy’s hereditary king more congenial company than its elected leader.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

Von Tschermak had been a graduate student at Halle and in Ghent, where, working on pea hybrids, he had also observed hereditary traits moving independently and discretely, like particles, across generations of hybrids.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee