lineage

Example Sentences

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For members of the Awadh royal lineage, the restoration is deeply personal.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

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 research was published in Cell under the title "Bronze Age Yersinia pestis genome from sheep sheds light on hosts and evolution of a prehistoric plague lineage."

From Science Daily • 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

Of one hundred and ten questions about his lineage, Werner can accurately answer only sixteen.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr