as in offspring
the descendants of a person, animal, or plant
the rancher carefully examined the progeny of the new breed of cattle
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Recent Examples of progeny
With his musical progeny in Frank Gehry’s concert hall, Dudamel had the unmistakable appearance of having come home.
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Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2024
Preston Bezos joins Karl Cook and Phoebe Gates on the list of wealthy tech progenies who have made their mark outside of Silicon Valley
These offspring were born into tech royalty!
—Diane J. Cho, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2024
The young revolutionaries who fought off the Iraqi invasion in the 1980s, and their progeny who have so far protected Iran from the mayhem that pervades the region, rightly claim recognition for their effort and have been rewarded for it by ascent to positions of power.
—Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, Foreign Affairs, 18 Mar. 2020
Would people find meaning in a world in which their intellectual progeny were so vastly superior to themselves?
—Martin Wolf, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2015
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Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2024
Preston Bezos joins Karl Cook and Phoebe Gates on the list of wealthy tech progenies who have made their mark outside of Silicon Valley
These offspring were born into tech royalty!
—Diane J. Cho, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2024
The young revolutionaries who fought off the Iraqi invasion in the 1980s, and their progeny who have so far protected Iran from the mayhem that pervades the region, rightly claim recognition for their effort and have been rewarded for it by ascent to positions of power.
—Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, Foreign Affairs, 18 Mar. 2020
Would people find meaning in a world in which their intellectual progeny were so vastly superior to themselves?
—Martin Wolf, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2015
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“Progeny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/progeny. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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