descendants
- plural of descendant.
Example Sentences
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Most interesting are what the museum calls “AI-assisted, historically informed portraits” of specific slaves, created using photos of related members of the League of the Descendants of the Enslaved at Mount Vernon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026
Descendants from the United States, South Africa and Canada put their hands in their pockets to help secure the future of the building.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025
Earlier this week, the Democratic-led Legislature also passed Senate Bill 518, which would create a new office called the Bureau for Descendants of American Slavery.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2025
Descendants of Serranus Hastings filed the $1.7 billion breach of contract lawsuit over the decision to change the name to the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, which took effect last year.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2024
Descendants of those societies that achieved centralized government and organized religion earliest ended up dominating the modern world.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
