lineal

Example Sentences

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The United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, was a lineal descendant of the Marshall Plan and an embodiment of soft power.

From Salon • Aug. 16, 2025

Foreman knocked Frazier down six times in two rounds to become the WBA, WBC and lineal heavyweight champion.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2025

Because the remains will be in a mausoleum, they will still be accessible if future research turns up lineal descendants or “a legitimate claim,” Woods says.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 23, 2024

Some tribes ask potential members to show lineal descent, meaning an ancestor who was a registered member.

From Washington Post • Nov. 1, 2022

The Voyager spacecraft are the lineal descendants of those sailing-ship voyages of exploration, and of the scientific and speculative tradition of Christiaan Huygens.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan