as in fruit
the descendants of a person, animal, or plant
the racehorse's offspring all proved to be very good racers as well the couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary surrounded by three generations of offspring
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Recent Examples of offspring
By choosing whiteness, Genevieve set a damaging example for her offspring.
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Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
Dolan’s offspring remain active in media and entertainment, most recently as the backers of the Sphere Entertaiment Co. which has made a splash in Las Vegas with its immersive-experience venue that is expanding into other cities.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 29 Dec. 2024
Romano took the opportunity to poke fun at his offspring and how his ranking off them has recently changed.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
While longer breeding times typically lead to higher populations of birds, the number of offspring of the Florida scrub-jay has decreased by 25% since 1981, according to the paper.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2024
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Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
Dolan’s offspring remain active in media and entertainment, most recently as the backers of the Sphere Entertaiment Co. which has made a splash in Las Vegas with its immersive-experience venue that is expanding into other cities.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 29 Dec. 2024
Romano took the opportunity to poke fun at his offspring and how his ranking off them has recently changed.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
While longer breeding times typically lead to higher populations of birds, the number of offspring of the Florida scrub-jay has decreased by 25% since 1981, according to the paper.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for offspring
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The hanging fruits had been emblazoned with the letters of the Black sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc.—
Veronica Hilbring,
Essence.com,
11 July 2017
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My feeling is generally in the case of summer fruit pies, if things are in season and at their peak bounty, why be skimpy?—
Rick Martinez,
Bon Appetit,
8 July 2017
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Not all significant social movements were progressive: Gordon also sketches the largely nonviolent northern branch of the nativist and racist Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s, as well as its highly violent progeny, the 1930s American fascist movement.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Jan. 2025
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Once inside our cells, the viruses can crank out hundreds to thousands of progeny, thus causing an active infection.—
Mark Kortepeter,
Forbes,
25 Dec. 2024
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Over his six years in Tennessee, Vrabel never fielded an elite roster nor an elite quarterback, yet reached an AFC Championship Game one year and clinched the AFC’s No. 1 seed in another season.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
12 Jan. 2025
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How the Vikings can win: Darnold and his teammates must forget about their embarrassing 31-9 defeat to Detroit, a loss that gave the Lions the No. 1 seed and a bye and dropped the Vikings to No. 5.—
Gary Klein,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2025
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Palestinian children gather to receive food aid today in Deir al-Balah, Gaza.—
Jennifer Jett,
NBC News,
17 Jan. 2025
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The rankings don’t include specialty hospitals, including children’s hospitals such as Nicklaus near South Miami or Joe DiMaggio in Hollywood.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
16 Jan. 2025
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Another devastated neighborhood, Altadena, 35 miles to the East, had some more modest homes that families had owned for generations.—
Brandon Kochkodin,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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Anyone who has gone through a catastrophic fire and lost a home will always be a fire family.—
Tamara Conniff,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Jan. 2025
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Preserving the past for posterity:Why presidential records are quickly becoming the 'dark archives' of America's past In Delaware, there are a lot of ideas about where the Biden library should be.—
Susan Page,
USA TODAY,
8 Jan. 2025
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The key to this phenomenon is that the video participants don’t know they are being captured for posterity.—
Michael Ashley,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
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“Offspring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offspring. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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