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Princeton's WordNet

  1. descendants, posteritynoun

    all of the offspring of a given progenitor

    "we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity"

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  1. descendants

    Descendants are individuals who are directly related to a certain person or group and come after them in lineage or genealogy. This includes children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and so on. Descendants can also refer to products, outcomes or developments that have evolved from a particular entity or idea.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Descendants in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Descendants in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Descendants in a Sentence

  1. Paul Kyumin Lee:

    The most urgent thing in my view is that we have to help provide closure by helping record their stories to the next generation and their family members in North Korea so that one day, we can deliver their messages or letters to them or even their descendants in North Korea.

  2. Franklin Thomas:

    One day our descendants will think it incredible that we paid so much attention to things like the amount of melanin in our skin or the shape of our eyes or our gender instead of the unique identities of each of us as complex human beings.

  3. Nina Smith:

    Donald Trump is in no position to give anyone advice on combating racism, but were glad to have another chance to talk about Frederick Douglass and his legacy, pete was proud to name his comprehensive plan to dismantle systemic racism after one of Americas most recognized leaders, Mr. Douglass, with input and support from his descendants.

  4. George Santos:

    My grandfather was born in Kyivand left in the late 20s and migrated to Belgium where he met my grandmother and then started a family, we don’t carry the Ukrainian last name, for a lot of people who are descendants of World War II refuges or survivors of the Holocaust, a lot of names or paperwork were changed in the name of survival.

  5. Adolf Hitler:

    When an opponent declares, ‘I will not come over to your side,’ I calmly say, ‘Your child belongs to us already. … What are you? You will pass on. Your descendants, however, now stand in the new camp. In a short time they will know nothing else but this new community.’

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