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as in ancestries
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
his Italian lineage was very important to him
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as in families
a group of persons who come from the same ancestor
it is now generally accepted that the lineage of Thomas Jefferson includes black as well as white members
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Recent Examples of lineages
The lineages appear to have co-existed in the region for a time.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 5 Dec. 2025
Support staff who can speak confidently about lineages.
—Sara Payan, Rolling Stone, 3 Dec. 2025
Her speech was an ode to the union between women, female lineages, and conquered freedoms.
—Dulce Moncada, Glamour, 14 Nov. 2025
The paleontologist Simon Conway Morris points out that there are common and widespread patterns of convergent evolution in life’s history, where similar adaptations, like eyes, wings, and streamlined bodies, evolved independently in unrelated lineages.
—Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025
Participants danced and sang songs native to their tribal lineages.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 20 Oct. 2025
The various lineages of Ursuța’s work are unmistakable.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Slavers didn’t keep records of family lineages and the enslaved couldn’t do so.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Mingling and interbreeding Modern humans and Neanderthals share an ancestor that originated in Africa, but the two lineages diverged at least 500,000 years ago.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 5 Dec. 2025
Support staff who can speak confidently about lineages.
—Sara Payan, Rolling Stone, 3 Dec. 2025
Her speech was an ode to the union between women, female lineages, and conquered freedoms.
—Dulce Moncada, Glamour, 14 Nov. 2025
The paleontologist Simon Conway Morris points out that there are common and widespread patterns of convergent evolution in life’s history, where similar adaptations, like eyes, wings, and streamlined bodies, evolved independently in unrelated lineages.
—Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025
Participants danced and sang songs native to their tribal lineages.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 20 Oct. 2025
The various lineages of Ursuța’s work are unmistakable.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Slavers didn’t keep records of family lineages and the enslaved couldn’t do so.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Mingling and interbreeding Modern humans and Neanderthals share an ancestor that originated in Africa, but the two lineages diverged at least 500,000 years ago.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lineages
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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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Join me in praying for the victims of such senseless violence and all the families of this church.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Jan. 2026
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Over the past year, families told the Statesman that their school districts have failed to identify and evaluate their children for special education and follow the programs to educate them fairly.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Jan. 2026
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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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The Colorado River provides water for cities from Denver to San Diego, 30 Native tribes and farming communities from the Rocky Mountains to northern Mexico.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2026
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In the morning, tribes of howler monkeys were whooping, several miles off.—
Stanley Stewart,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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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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For example, Crow people have held onto their nation's language; neighbors are often family, or considered such; and many tribal members rely on their clans to mentor children, who eventually become mentors themselves for the next generation.—
Katheryn Houghton,
NPR,
8 Jan. 2026
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But when Klaus’ toys begin to cheer up the children of Smeerensburg — a town whose inhabitants are perpetually engaged in a feud between two familial clans — Jesper and Klaus must step out of their comfort zones to help save the town from itself.—
Andrew Walsh,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Dec. 2025
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This sporty version pays homage to the '80s and the sneaker’s soccer origins by adding a super-long foldover tongue.—
Michelle Baricevic,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Jan. 2026
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Neither the Lincoln Club, Lincoln Media, the California Courier or the Courier writers responded to multiple requests for comment about the origins of the site, either through email phone, or social media messages.—
Colin Lecher,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2026
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DiDonato has appeared on catwalks for major fashion houses and has featured in publications such as Vogue, Elle and Harper’s Bazaar.—
Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
7 Jan. 2026
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Events across the region are taking place all day at schools, local businesses, houses of worship and burned down local landmarks in various stages of rebuilding.—
David Wilson,
Daily News,
7 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Lineages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lineages. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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