lineage
Example Sentences
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That gave Lindo multiple opportunities: to prove himself on camera, to channel his own Jamaican lineage into an African-American saga and to work with a director at the height of his powers.
Although they look nearly identical, genetic analysis shows they belong to separate evolutionary lineages.
From Science Daily
They constructed a nest on the north side of the lake, laying down a foundation for a lineage that endures today.
From Los Angeles Times
It's believed that he was not only aristocratic but that he had royal lineage.
From BBC
Just as Kim Jong Un has dressed to echo his predecessors, the sartorial symmetry underscores his daughter’s connection to the “Mount Paektu bloodline”—those with a direct lineage to North Korean founder Kim Il Sung.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
