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
But the fifth-year senior with strong football bloodlines — his dad Blake was a first-round pick in the 1995 NFL Draft and played nine seasons in the NFL — came in prepared.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 Dec. 2025
And the intergenerational relationships within families not only carry the inheritance of civilization and bloodlines but also, due to differences in each generation’s stance and responsibilities, lead people to make to distinct choices when facing disasters.
—Literary Hub, 15 Dec. 2025
Because questions of relation and bloodlines don’t factor into it, new would-be CEOs—endlessly replenishable resources—are always available to take the helm, with new bodyguards available to protect them.
—Hazlitt, 3 Dec. 2025
Male heirs and bloodlines were socially important at the time.
—Nathan Smith, Time, 26 Nov. 2025
In a generation or two, there’ll be no continuation of their bloodlines.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Despite the obvious pageant bloodlines in the family, Orlando never wanted to force Schiermeyer to compete.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
Instead, what makes the triptych of thematically connected snapshots memorable is its deftly unfussy observation of the unknowability that can endure among people who share the same bloodlines.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
Stewart aims to breed horses for racing rather than selling, incorporating diverse bloodlines and contributing to the local economy.
—Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 18 Aug. 2025
Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 Dec. 2025
And the intergenerational relationships within families not only carry the inheritance of civilization and bloodlines but also, due to differences in each generation’s stance and responsibilities, lead people to make to distinct choices when facing disasters.
—Literary Hub, 15 Dec. 2025
Because questions of relation and bloodlines don’t factor into it, new would-be CEOs—endlessly replenishable resources—are always available to take the helm, with new bodyguards available to protect them.
—Hazlitt, 3 Dec. 2025
Male heirs and bloodlines were socially important at the time.
—Nathan Smith, Time, 26 Nov. 2025
In a generation or two, there’ll be no continuation of their bloodlines.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Despite the obvious pageant bloodlines in the family, Orlando never wanted to force Schiermeyer to compete.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
Instead, what makes the triptych of thematically connected snapshots memorable is its deftly unfussy observation of the unknowability that can endure among people who share the same bloodlines.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
Stewart aims to breed horses for racing rather than selling, incorporating diverse bloodlines and contributing to the local economy.
—Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodlines
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Quarterbacks Brock Purdy and Jalen Hurts have outstanding pedigrees and produced in Super Bowls yet still have their detractors nationwide and within the fan base.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
6 Jan. 2026
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Last year, all five nominees boasted international pedigrees.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
16 Dec. 2025
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Most of these acquisitions occurred during a relatively narrow window in the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous, some 140 million years ago, just before many major lineages began to diverge quickly (in evolutionary terms, anyway).—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 Jan. 2026
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The lineages appear to have co-existed in the region for a time.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Dec. 2025
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But many Chicanos trace their lineage to indigenous peoples who survived Spanish colonization, often carrying mixed indigenous, Spanish, and other ancestries, a testament to survival and cultural fusion.—
David Alvarado,
Time,
15 Dec. 2025
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This lack of representation is problematic for people of different ancestries because genetic risk factors differ across populations.—
Rachel Nuwer,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
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The seal texts often introduced the owners with their names, genealogies, gender, professions and hometowns.—
Serdar Yalçin,
The Conversation,
3 Nov. 2025
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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.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Sep. 2025
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Spain, Portugal, Italy, Malta, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel, Palestine and Lebanon all have sites with Phoenician origins.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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The origins of Short’s Black Dahlia nickname date back long before her murder.—
Alex Gurley,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Bloodlines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodlines. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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