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heritage

[her-i-tij] / ˈhɛr ɪ tɪdʒ /


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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

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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