lineage

Example Sentences

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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

The fossil is providing scientists with valuable insight into how this lineage of dinosaurs evolved, became smaller, and spread across ancient continents.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

One participant explained how they had acquired some sperm from an anonymous internet donor abroad, with untraceable lineage.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

I thought of my father and his parents, my mother and her parents, each family’s respective lineage and history of participation in social movements—Garvey on one side and Booker T. Washington on the other.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey