lineage
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But the ideological and philosophical lineage of these people is not difficult to trace.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026
Ronaldinho, who played alongside Messi at the start of that golden era at Barcelona and won a Champions League with him, has drawn the lineage directly.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Grogu shows a growing mastery of the Force, even if the toddler’s lineage to the original Jedi sage Yoda remains mysterious and his language mostly gibberish.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Strikingly, goannas are the only known lizard lineage to reacquire osteoderms after losing them.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
Mendel, despite his odd scientific lineage, and de Vries, despite his dubious personal hygiene, were right.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing lineage
It's All in the Family
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100 SAT Words Beginning with "J," "K," and "L"
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Born a Crime
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