pedigree
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Such an impressive classical pedigree belies the “gremlins of self-doubt” that have plagued Hopkins for much of his life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
"A three-year plan gives you some certainty about what you're going to get," agreed retired livestock auctioneer Alwyn Jones, showing his pedigree Welsh Black cattle.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Search funds typically only back someone with an M.B.A. or similar pedigree, something Bakari Akil soon learned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Brazil entered its Round of 16 tilt on Sunday with the pedigree of a record five World Cup championships.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
This was endured silently not only because of its family pedigree but also because Ernest so heartily endorsed the science underlying John’s experiments.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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Convergent evolution shows us that lineages respond more to pressures than pedigrees.
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2026
Some old and some new, but players with reputations and pedigrees to match, who have helped haul Scotland from the shadows of irrelevance into the spotlight.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2025
Recounting an oversight hearing on Capitol Hill, Gluesenkamp Perez describes looking over the witnesses with their fusty manner and fancy pedigrees and wondering if any had ever turned a wrench.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2024
Thanks to the high resolution provided by the extensive pedigrees and whole-cemetery data, the researchers were also able to identify a clear temporal transition within one of the sites analysed.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2024
To marshal further evidence, Galton began to reconstruct pedigrees of eminent men.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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