lineage
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Give him six months of training and his alpine lineage and preternatural athleticism could have him scaling Everest and snowboarding down it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
In it he visited Dollywood, a theme park created by Parton, where Dolly's relatives had traced the lineage of the Parton and Owens sides to Wales.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The late Gordon Wood, the preeminent scholar of the revolutionary period, explained that there was no common lineage, even at the nation’s founding.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
GM’s famed “Small Block” V-8 engine, a design that also traces its lineage back to the 1950s, has a similar following and cachet to the Hemi, Nicholson said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
If they trace their lineage back far enough, at a certain point it splits into white and native and a tangled web of “other.”
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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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