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Recent Examples of bloodline While he was recognized through his mother's bloodline, his mother has not been able to get an appointment at the Italian consulate despite trying for years—and now, she is shut out by the new requirements. Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 May 2025 After that, Stefanie traces the bloodlines of the families who died by taping all of the newspaper clippings together to form what essentially mimics a morbid family tree. Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025 Later on, when the adult Iris (Gabriel Rose) hands over the clippings to her granddaughter, Stefanie (Kaitlyn Santa Juana), to warn her of death’s plans, Stefanie traces the bloodlines of all the people who died by constructing what amounts to be a family tree of death. Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025 America is not defined by bloodlines or ancestry — it is defined by values. Vilerka Bilbao, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for bloodline
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Noun
  • Edward Monreal, who was partially raised by his aunt Doll, shared stories of his lineage, but never spoke of the fire that claimed his own family.
    William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2025
  • Bill Thomas, the inheritor of a lineage that began in 1911, is retiring.
    Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Although ancient American ancestry in modern dogs has mostly vanished, there is at least one breed that still carries the native legacy from thousands of years ago: Chihuahuas.
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 18 June 2025
  • In one Tulsa, Oklahoma classroom, 74-year-old Sharon Mitchell is discovering ancient Egypt, feeling the pride of her ancestry.
    Kristal Brent Zook, Essence, 16 June 2025
Noun
  • The interest from those schools, which had more golf pedigree?
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 27 June 2025
  • Beck, who arrived after two years as Georgia’s starting quarterback, has a winning pedigree.
    Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • Festival highlights include a grape stomp, a wine garden, Roman encampment and swordsmanship demos, An Italian Fashion Show, a children’s zone and a cultural and culinary stage with pizza tossing, genealogy talks and gardening segments.
    Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 15 June 2025
  • The Cultural Repatriation Committee formed in 2024 and looked through public records to identify exactly who the people were and establish a genealogy, according to Baham.
    Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 31 May 2025
Noun
  • By 1987, the entire species – numbering just 22 individuals – was removed from the wild and placed into captive breeding programs at a number of zoos throughout the United States.
    GrrlScientist, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • Since then, that number has increased to 82 breeding pairs across the Great Lakes, thanks to efforts to reintroduce captive piping plovers into the wild and conserve the plovers’ natural habitat.
    Lily Carey, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Claire and Owen are raising Maisie, keeping her as under-the-radar as possible, lest she be found and experimented on by scientists enthralled by her unique origin.
    Will Harris, EW.com, 27 June 2025
  • Enthralling and sleekly devious, this book is also a lyrical reflection on both the origin and the fate of our species.
    Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 27 June 2025

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“Bloodline.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodline. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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