lineage
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But the notion of a woman with a prenup and wealthy lineages heading into real financial precarity was dubious.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026
Among the human blood cell lineages examined, macrophages showed the strongest similarities to unicellular organisms.
From Science Daily • May 27, 2026
The siblings concocted complex lineages and histories for their countries, writing Angrian and Gondalian tales and verse in tiny homemade books.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
What we found concludes a centuries-long debate: skin bones have indeed independently evolved across multiple lizard lineages.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
Larger ones tended to have more powerful chiefs, more ranks of chiefly lineages, greater distinctions between chiefs and commoners, more retention of tribute by the chiefs, more layers of bureaucrats, and grander public architecture.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing lineage
It's All in the Family
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Born a Crime
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