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also forbear
as in ancestor
a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent
his forebears came to America on the Mayflower
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Recent Examples of forebear
And then there’s that — art history, her forebears, with whom these paintings are communing.
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Adam Moss, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
The Dry Creek Wilderness Area remains as close to the Arkansas of our forebears as any area in the state.
—Bob Robinson, arkansasonline.com, 19 Jan. 2025
Our forebears understood the power of access to knowledge.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
Farmers say their forebears initially enjoyed super yields, but the soil has hardened over time, and yields have plummeted, leading to more chemical use.
—Brooke Roberts-Islam, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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Adam Moss, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2025
The Dry Creek Wilderness Area remains as close to the Arkansas of our forebears as any area in the state.
—Bob Robinson, arkansasonline.com, 19 Jan. 2025
Our forebears understood the power of access to knowledge.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
Farmers say their forebears initially enjoyed super yields, but the soil has hardened over time, and yields have plummeted, leading to more chemical use.
—Brooke Roberts-Islam, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forebear
Noun
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The banjo itself was invented by our ancestors to bring us together as a spiritual community, stretching from those long gone, all the way to those who haven’t been born yet.—
Essence,
Essence,
29 May 2025
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While tree-dwelling sloths were out of reach to our ancestors, the large and slow ground animals would have made easy targets.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 May 2025
Noun
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That said, Shane Hawkins has stepped into his father’s role in his long-running side project Chevy Metal.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
2 June 2025
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Killmonger’s deeper motivation is sadder and less grandiose: His father, the brother of the late king, was murdered by Wakandan agents, forcing Killmonger to grow up alone and exiled from his ancestral homeland.—
Zak Cheney-Rice,
Vulture,
2 June 2025
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Even more breathtaking than Williams' entrance, though, was her brief scene beside the bed of Jen's dying grandfather, which would ultimately kick off the first of countless tearjerker moments peppered throughout the series.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
24 May 2025
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After his grandfather died a few years later, Pitsaev and his mom moved back to Chechnya.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
24 May 2025
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“Forebear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forebear. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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