scion
Example Sentences
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Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is the scion of a construction dynasty and a hobbyist jet pilot, but championed Thailand's decriminalisation of cannabis and styles himself as a man of the people.
From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026
In a series of 2016 emails included in the Justice Department documents, Epstein appeared to arrange for Axel to help smooth the path to Columbia for Alice de Rothschild, a scion of the banking family.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
Rahman, 60, chief of the BNP and scion of one of the country's most powerful political dynasties, won a landslide victory in the February 12 elections.
From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026
JKF Jr. was the scion of American political royalty, and Bessette was the commoner who won his heart by side-eyeing his fame.
From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026
And if he, good Christian, scion of a striving class, patron saint of the twice as good, could be forever bound, who then could not?
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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