pedigree
noun
an ancestral line; line of descent; lineage; ancestry.
pedigrees
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pluralof pedigree.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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More so than many cast members, who wear their pedigrees on their sleeve, she generates a feeling of “Well, well, what do we have here?” with no easy, immediate answer.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
Convergent evolution shows us that lineages respond more to pressures than pedigrees.
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2026
Young adults with lesser pedigrees may not be as picky about jobs because they can’t afford to be.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025
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
