bloodline

noun

ˈbləd-ˌlīn How to pronounce bloodline (audio)
Definition of bloodlinenext
as in lineage
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended came from a bloodline that could be traced back to the 12th century

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Recent Examples of bloodline But repression isn’t a good plan when generations-long curses run in the bloodline, because Sally’s daughter Kylie (Joey King), now a college student, has gone and fallen in love behind her mother’s back. — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026 One of those daughters was the magical Maria, progenitor of Sally, Gillian, Kylie, and Antonia’s bloodline. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026 But when the death watch beetle starts creeping around Kylie’s boyfriend (Xolo Maridueña), an emotionally available DJ — the script’s words, not mine — the truth about her bloodline comes spilling out. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026 For now, the mission is limited in scale, targeting the bloodlines most in danger of disappearing. — CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bloodline
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodline
  1. lineage
  2. ancestry
  3. pedigree
  4. genealogy
  5. breeding
  6. origin
Noun
  • Reconciling competing visions of reality depends on continuously normalizing disparate vendor inputs into a unified GTM data model, scoring source reliability, assessing recency and maintaining complete lineage tracking.
    — Filip Popovic, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • As ecologist Doug Tallamy has chronicled, over 90% of herbivorous insects specialize on one or a few native plant lineages.
    — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of lineage
Noun
  • Instead, the report estimated the girls had 50% Ukrainian ancestry.
    — Megan Molteni, STAT, 2 Nov. 2026
  • It is often erroneously compared to Halloween, though the two holidays may share ancestry in Catholicism’s All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day.
    — Rocio Muñoz Ledo, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2026
Definition of ancestry
Noun
  • Both British actors certainly have the acting pedigree to play the suave spy, taking up the mantle after Daniel Craig’s 15-year run.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 7 Nov. 2026
  • An 11-year veteran, Brissett is just 23-50 as a starter but brings experience and a pedigree of production to the Ravens’ reeling QB room.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of pedigree
Noun
  • Testing could include genetic genealogy, tracing relatives through DNA connections.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • To anyone accustomed to the usual genealogies of either Judd or late-twentieth-century architecture, his choice of Alexander might have been startling.
    — Julian Rose, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of genealogy
Noun
  • The law capped the number of breeding dogs in a single operation at 50 and required rest between breeding cycles.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Now, close to 70 years into this long-running breeding project, scientists have pinpointed a specific type of brain cell linked with changes in the foxes’ behavior.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of breeding
Noun
  • As indie pop became glossier and more fleshed out in the 1990s, few bands embraced its minimal, melancholy origins like the Cat’s Miaow.
    — David Glickman, Pitchfork, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The studio is developing projects based on the brand Quiksilver’s origin story and the story of retail brand Guess.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of origin

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“Bloodline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodline. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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