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Meanings of ancestors in English
Person from whom another person is descended.
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Usage of ancestors in English
1
Ten thousand years ago, our ancestors made civilization possible by creating agriculture.
2
About two million years ago, our hominin ancestors began to change again.
3
While her ancestors were concerned with commerce, however, her business is e-commerce.
4
The sequence differences, however, indicate that they are derived from different ancestors.
5
Of course, Ramsey's ancestors had been outside, freezing in the slaves' quarters.
6
But our ancestors' eventual triumph only altered the balance, not the reality.
7
Straight away he booted up his computer and Googled 'ancestors buried house'.
8
Think of the disgrace you'll bring to your family and your ancestors.
9
What my ancestors held in those regions I cannot hope to regain.
10
Our ancestors used not to chew and spit it everywhere unlike today.
11
Maybe his ancestors had given him the arguments he needed to make.
12
In truth, our ancestors saw him in the worst of all lights.
13
Analysis of genetic coding can reveal the 'ghosts' of long-extinct human ancestors.
14
His ancestors in Spain had been content the the title of sultan.
15
They rest by the side of their ancestors in the priory church.
16
Is there any evidence of it in other animals or our ancestors?
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Catalan
Ancestors through the time
Ancestors across language varieties
United Kingdom
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New Zealand
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South Africa
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