lineage
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For members of the Awadh royal lineage, the restoration is deeply personal.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
With “Linaje” — it translates to lineage, a term often associated with nobility and pedigree — the brothers are intent on sharing their hard-earned success with those they love most.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
These animals are considered distant ancestors of modern birds and were the only dinosaur lineage to survive the mass extinction at the end of the Mesozoic era 66 million years ago.
From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2026
The first single from “Kiss All the Time”—its opening track, “Aperture”—is in this lineage.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
‘Because Aragorn is descended in direct lineage, father to father, from Isildur Elendil’s son himself. And the sword that he bears was Elendil’s sword.’
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
Vocabulary lists containing lineage
It's All in the Family
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100 SAT Words Beginning with "J," "K," and "L"
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Born a Crime
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