lineal
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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
Each tribe determines its own enrollment, but a common requirement is lineal descendancy from someone on the tribal roll.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2024
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
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
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