as in genetic
genetically passed or capable of being passed from parent to offspring
eye color is an inheritable trait
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Recent Examples of inheritable
Our vision is that the future of design will have a long lasting inheritable quality.
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Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2025
In Germany, courts ruled that Facebook had to give a deceased person’s family access to their account, saying that digital accounts should be treated as inheritable property, like a bank account or house.
—Patrick Van Esch, The Conversation, 8 Jan. 2025
There is a form of inheritable rickets that can be passed down through families.
Vitamin D deficiency is a common cause of rickets.
—Patty Weasler, Rn, Bsn, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 2024
Summary Rickets is a health condition that develops in children who do not get enough vitamin D or may have developed as an inheritable condition.
—Patty Weasler, Rn, Bsn, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 2024
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Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2025
In Germany, courts ruled that Facebook had to give a deceased person’s family access to their account, saying that digital accounts should be treated as inheritable property, like a bank account or house.
—Patrick Van Esch, The Conversation, 8 Jan. 2025
There is a form of inheritable rickets that can be passed down through families.
Vitamin D deficiency is a common cause of rickets.
—Patty Weasler, Rn, Bsn, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 2024
Summary Rickets is a health condition that develops in children who do not get enough vitamin D or may have developed as an inheritable condition.
—Patty Weasler, Rn, Bsn, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inheritable
Adjective
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The remains were found by a person walking through the woods in Wilkeson, Washington, south of Seattle, in October 1997, according to a news release from the forensic genetic genealogy company Othram.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2025
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The Center for Biological Diversity estimates that by 2050, 30 percent of the planet's genetic diversity could be lost, but will efforts really be placed on helping the animals of the present day who face huge risks?—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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By contrast, the plantation economy relied on rigid racial hierarchies and hereditary enslavement.—
Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick,
The Conversation,
4 Apr. 2025
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Between five and 10% of cases will be considered hereditary, meaning that the cancer was caused by a genetic abnormality that was passed down from the mother or father.—
Joanne Fowler,
People.com,
1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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These rare, unmediated exchanges between everyday Chinese and Americans appeared to reflect the simple pleasures inherent to internet culture—cute kids, cats, and comedy.—
Mark Tseng-Putterman / Made by History,
TIME,
10 Mar. 2025
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There is a collage aesthetic to the film, because that’s just inherent to my experience growing up, getting so much information in so many different forms of media shot into my eyes.—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Endometriosis is heritable, and both my mom and grandma had it.—
Sarah Bence,
Health,
4 Mar. 2025
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In the past decade, researchers have focused on the epigenome, a host of factors—some heritable—that influence how genetic information is copied and read at the cellular level.—
ByAndrew Curry,
science.org,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Inheritable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inheritable. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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