progeny ˈprɑdʒəni noun
: the immediate descendants of a person
The word progeny has appeared in 43 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on April 22 in “Tina Knowles, Mother of Superstars, Owns Her Own Story,” by Elena Bergeron. The article mentions Ms. Knowles’ daughters, Beyoncé and Solange Knowles:
Hers is a famously private clan whose starry progeny, including son-in-law Jay-Z, each explore personal pain and triumphs in their own very deliberately produced art — and rarely elsewhere. Though Knowles had been keeping her voice notes, when she was approached to write a memoir, she initially balked: “They’re going to want to hear about my kids; they’re not going to want to hear about me. That was what I kept saying to myself is don’t nobody want to hear my story.”
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