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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Unfortunately for her and other patients, there's no specific treatment for the genetic disease.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
12 June 2025
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When the main family began dying out and failed to produce an heir, the branch families were always there to lend a male with the right genetic pedigree for adoption.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
8 June 2025
Adjective
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This hereditary disease causes your body to absorb too much iron from your diet.—
Suchandrima Bhowmik,
Health,
24 May 2025
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One of the Clarksons likely received the Magna Carta at some point in the early 1800s from William Lowther, the hereditary lord of Appleby manor.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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Humans in the Loop For sure, there’s a need to celebrate the human in the loop, and the inherent value of humanity.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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There is an inherent asymmetry of vulnerability here; doctors and patients are not equals at the Thanksgiving table.—
Danielle Ofri,
New Yorker,
7 June 2025
Adjective
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Behavioral traits have a heritable component and are more readily observable than skeletal structure when assessing a dog's suitability for specific work.—
Jenny Lehmann,
Discover Magazine,
5 Feb. 2025
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In fact, researchers say, autism is between 60 and 90 percent heritable.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Inheritable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inheritable. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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