heritage
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“My heritage was very much on my mind,” the 68-year-old Long Island, New York, resident said.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
In Spain, King Felipe VI, visiting an emergency shelter for evacuees on Madrid's western outskirts, said the wildfires had caused "incalculable" damage to his country's natural heritage.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
The organisation said the uniform combines the charity's heritage with modern colours and prints.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Unlike virtual dark tourism that allows for “armchair travel” to real-world dark heritage sites, there is no physical location anchoring the Backrooms nor any historical tragedy to commemorate.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
Step it down: Games, plays, songs and stories from the Afro-American heritage.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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The stockpile, which has since risen in value, adds Wyoming to a growing cohort of states, including some with mining heritages, looking to add precious metal to their investment portfolios.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
It was one of the artefacts that launched an online campaign to highlight women's roles in pre-colonial communities - and revive cultural heritages almost erased by colonialism.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2025
“Only in America,” Harris said, was it possible for two people of such different backgrounds and heritages to join together to make it “all the way” to the White House.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2024
Even the Moscow Art Theatre, from which Chekhov’s plays emerged, has recognized that heritages need to be reinvented.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2024
All the social heritages, traditions, sentiments, culture, technique, are accommodations—that is, acquired adjustments that are socially and not biologically transmitted.
From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra
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It's All in the Family
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"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
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