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lineage

[lin-ee-ij] / ˈlɪn i ɪdʒ /


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Ronaldinho, who played alongside Messi at the start of that golden era at Barcelona and won a Champions League with him, has drawn the lineage directly.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

The episode belongs to a much longer lineage of banned books about race and the color line in the South and other parts of the country.

From Salon • May 31, 2026

The Bruins imported the latest in a lineage of Bay Area dynamic duos.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

Grogu shows a growing mastery of the Force, even if the toddler’s lineage to the original Jedi sage Yoda remains mysterious and his language mostly gibberish.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

He scolded and fumed and demanded their lineage; they listened with folded arms.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner




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