Sample Sentences forpedigree (editor-reviewed)
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The dog’s pedigree showed generations of championship winners.pedigree = recorded ancestry
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The network news likes to hire journalists with a distinguished newspaper pedigree.pedigree = history of development
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The colt’s impressive pedigree made him a favorite at the auction, with several top stables bidding for him.pedigree = recorded ancestry
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She came from a long pedigree of musicians stretching back four generations.pedigree = family history
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In fact, she seemed to think I was exaggerating the pedigree of this place.† (source)
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Apparently, a Capitol pedigree is no protection here.† (source)
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You're a stud with an impeccable military pedigree.† (source)
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A curved, gilded staircase dominates the area, creating a picture-perfect setting for couples with long dresses and tuxes, tasteful accents and pedigrees.† (source)
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Earlier in the year, he added to this pedigreed resume his appointment as the undersecretary of state to John Foster Dulles.† (source)
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He cut his teeth on Montana match races, relays on unpedigreed horses in Indian country, and contests at rough tracks with names like Chinook and Stampede.† (source)standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unpedigreed means not and reverses the meaning of pedigreed. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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Louie, who knew only a smattering of English until he was in grade school, couldn't hide his pedigree.† (source)
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She had many papers, like pedigrees, that told of various ancestors.† (source)
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Cynthia was wealthy and pedigreed; she'd been educated in private schools, then an elite finishing academy.† (source)
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First, by beginning your breeding program with dogs you found "excellent in temperament and structure" but of unpedigreed stock, you have made attaining your objective—and I admit I don't fully understand it—immeasurably harder.† (source)
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Maybe, with my Southern drawl and lack of a family pedigree, I felt like I needed proof that I belonged at Yale Law.† (source)
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Fine old families; their pedigrees ensure a large degree of sticking together and giving advice to one another.† (source)
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