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offspring

[awf-spring, of-] / ˈɔfˌsprɪŋ, ˈɒf- /


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They compared metabolite levels among centenarians, offspring, and controls, while also identifying molecules that changed with chronological age.

From Science Daily • Jul. 5, 2026

Big Bear eagles Jackie and Shadow’s offspring, Sandy and sibling Luna, hatched in April, and millions watched as they hatched.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2026

The litany hails him as the renowned offspring of David, who handed Christ a king’s lineage and a contested throne, and calls him the terror of demons and the model of artisans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

Female screwworm flies produce eggs only once in a lifetime, and once they mate with a sterile male fly, they’re done with their reproduction cycle without having any offspring.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

One way to make a living under these conditions is to reproduce before you are fried and hope that convection will carry some of your offspring to the higher and cooler layers of the atmosphere.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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