offspring

noun

ˈȯf-ˌspriŋ How to pronounce offspring (audio)
Definition of offspringnext
as in fruit
the descendants of a person, animal, or plant the racehorse's offspring all proved to be very good racers as well the couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary surrounded by three generations of offspring

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Recent Examples of offspring The pandas and their offspring belong to China, where they’re expected to eventually return. — Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026 Lun Lun and Yang Yang and their two youngest offspring, Ya Lun and Xi Lun, returned to China in October 2024 after the agreement ended. — ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026 Peaches later birthed offspring ranging in color from brown to orange and blue, allowing researchers the unusual opportunity to study how these rare colorations may be inherited. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026 Mama Bear #284 (aka Electra) is part of a bear lineage that teaches their offspring a clever fishing style. — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 22 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for offspring
Recent Examples of Synonyms for offspring
  1. fruit
  2. progeny
  3. seed
  4. child
  5. family
  6. posterity
Noun
  • His diet consists of raw vegetables, fruits, and various cheeses.
    — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 13 Oct. 2026
  • This is also the place for breakfast – a generous buffet of pastries, eggs, fruit and cheese.
    — Siobhan Grogan, TheWeek, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of fruit
Noun
  • Otherwise, genetic defects might start to crop up among the progeny and threaten their survivability.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Others criticized them for often being the progeny of Asian mothers and white fathers, as though this were somehow their fault.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of progeny
Noun
  • The collection launches with Seeded Natural, an unbleached, undyed fabric that leaves the cotton’s own seeds visible in the weave.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Another factor in recent storms was a counterclockwise atmospheric spin over Central America - called a gyre - that spits out seeds of stormy weather that can form into hurricanes.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of seed
Noun
  • Health experts are also pushing the government to expand the program to vaccinate children over five.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The driver was still in the truck, as were two children, Moses said.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of child
Noun
  • But others criticized the tactics used and family separations.
    — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 19 Oct. 2026
  • To support the Rose family, those interested can contribute to a GoFundMe.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of family
Noun
  • Preliterate people don’t focus on such abstractions as taking a periodic population census and recording it for posterity.
    — James Coffin, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Even as audiobooks grew in popularity in the 1980s and 1990s, most celebrities declined to record their own memoirs for posterity—and those that did often released just a few hours of material.
    — Brian Raftery, Vanity Fair, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of posterity

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