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  adjective

  (of popular music) going back to the origins of a style, esp in being genuine and unpretentious
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  (1976) A Pulitzer Prize –winning novel by the African-American author Alex Haley, later made into a popular television drama. It traces a black American man's heritage to Africa, where his ancestors had been captured and sold as slaves.

roots

British  

/ ruːts /

adjective

1. (of popular music) going back to the origins of a style, esp in being genuine and unpretentious

   roots rock

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Roots Cultural  

1. (1976) A Pulitzer Prize –winning novel by the African-American author Alex Haley, later made into a popular television drama. It traces a black American man's heritage to Africa, where his ancestors had been captured and sold as slaves.

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O’Keeffe spent her childhood on a farm in Sun Prairie, Wisc., and the first gallery, filled with nine paintings of rural structures, recalls those roots.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Cloud seeding's roots began in 1946 when researchers from the General Electric Research Laboratory used dry ice as the first seeding agent.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Turning Hinoki roots into useful aroma products may provide a higher value use for material that is commonly left behind after timber harvesting.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

HBO brought on club promoter and music broadcaster Boiler Room because of its deep roots in nightlife culture and music.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Danny cried out when the roots twisted around his calves and knees.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

His tastes still range happily from Black Thought, the lead rapper of American hip-hop group The Roots, to his favourite filmmaker, the Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

It was a star-studded affair, featuring blockbuster performances from megastars like Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Hudson, Christina Aguilera, John Legend, and the Roots.

From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026

Grass Roots is collaborating with local groups and organizations on “how best to maintain the old Altadena they know and loved,” spokesman Terry Fahn said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

This essay is adapted from his new book, “Korean Messiah: Kim Il Sung and the Christian Roots of North Korea’s Personality Cult,” to be published by Knopf on April 14.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

Roots stuck out from the ceiling in tangled braids.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova