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“descendent” pronunciation in American, British and Australian English

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“descendent” in real sentences

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  1. PAULINE BAKER, Descendent of David Drake: Thank you.

    PBS NewsHour

  2. AND A DEWITTY DESCENDENT SHARES A POEM WRITTEN BY HER FATHER IN 1912.

    Nebraska Public Media

  3. the path there so it makes sense so conditioning on a descendent of a Collider is

    Richard McElreath

  4. certainly could never have imagined that someone like me, a descendent of slaves, would come here,

    The Obama White House

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