as in pedigrees
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 bloodlines
More action means more to unpack, like incestuous bloodlines, secret plots that have been years in the making, the rapidly shifting alliances, and how to tell all the silver-haired Targaryens apart.
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Nic Juarez,
Vulture,
15 June 2026
Two Runner is buttressed by a cavalcade of boisterously rootsy country acts all deeply versed in their genre’s bloodlines, who freely celebrate them with aplomb.
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Aaron Davis,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
And Sugano’s baseball bloodlines run ever deeper.
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Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
23 May 2026
Can the capacity to commit horrific acts be passed through bloodlines?
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Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
15 May 2026
Roush has the smarts and the bloodlines.
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Kevin Fishbain,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
Jordan Chiles at 25 years old has singularly accomplished more professionally to date than some entire family bloodlines.
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Marquise Francis,
NBC news,
9 May 2026
As noted in a press release from Safari Park, the animals, first brought to Europe from Kenya by zoologist Josef Vágner in the '70s, all carry the bloodlines from their native land.
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Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
Power always revolves around the bloodlines, networks, fears, likes, and dislikes of the principals.
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Michael Sheridan,
Vanity Fair,
8 Apr. 2026
Nic Juarez,
Vulture,
15 June 2026
Two Runner is buttressed by a cavalcade of boisterously rootsy country acts all deeply versed in their genre’s bloodlines, who freely celebrate them with aplomb.
—
Aaron Davis,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
And Sugano’s baseball bloodlines run ever deeper.
—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
23 May 2026
Can the capacity to commit horrific acts be passed through bloodlines?
—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
15 May 2026
Roush has the smarts and the bloodlines.
—
Kevin Fishbain,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
Jordan Chiles at 25 years old has singularly accomplished more professionally to date than some entire family bloodlines.
—
Marquise Francis,
NBC news,
9 May 2026
As noted in a press release from Safari Park, the animals, first brought to Europe from Kenya by zoologist Josef Vágner in the '70s, all carry the bloodlines from their native land.
—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
Power always revolves around the bloodlines, networks, fears, likes, and dislikes of the principals.
—
Michael Sheridan,
Vanity Fair,
8 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodlines
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Project Hail Mary’s position will also be tested against new releases from filmmakers with stronger Oscar pedigrees.
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The pedigrees of the players are, of course, very strong.
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Here, however, entire evolutionary lineages may be emerging across archipelagos separated by distances that seem relatively minor on a map.
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Once this was confirmed, the team started checking fossil collections in other museums across America, looking for youngsters of other ancient lineages to see whether the missing tadpole phase was a broader evolutionary trend.
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Eastern and western ancestries in Karelian Mesolithic dogs suggest that two lineages diverged during the Paleolithic.
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That drops to 49% for Hispanic/Latino patients, 29% for Black patients and even lower for mixed ancestries, the NMDP reports.
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The seal texts often introduced the owners with their names, genealogies, gender, professions and hometowns.
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Transcripts, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of codices, correspondence, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, Maya Society materials, genealogies of Maya families, and Mayan glyphs on moveable type.
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On the June 25 episode of Jenna Bush Hager's Open Book with Jenna podcast, Ryan spoke about the origins of her pseudonym.
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Between the two cities, the similarities and differences in the origins of those communities make Melbourne’s culinary fabric both innately familiar to Angelenos, and also something wholly distinct to experience.
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“Bloodlines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodlines. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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