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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
Slavers didn’t keep records of family lineages and the enslaved couldn’t do so.
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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
Spicomellus suggests that these were present right from the start, so they must have been lost from many lineages.
—ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2025
Dana noticed multiple crustacean lineages had converged on this form.
—Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
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
Spicomellus suggests that these were present right from the start, so they must have been lost from many lineages.
—ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2025
Dana noticed multiple crustacean lineages had converged on this form.
—Thomas Moynihan, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lineages
Noun
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The box covers the most popular classes and ancestries such as humans, elves, dwarves and halflings.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And families and students aren’t just paying for tuition—they’re buying into an environment.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The primary goal of these UBI pilots is to help individuals and families through a transition period.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Behind Chalet Alpina are two development teams with impressive pedigrees.—
Jordi Lippe-McGraw,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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From the Roman centurion to the woman at the well, Jesus frequently interacted with and helped outsiders from differing tribes.—
John Fugelsang
September 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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Desert Warrior is the story of a pre-Islamic battle between Arab tribes and the Persian-Sasanian Empire in what is now southern Iraq.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Yet the unit also targets dissenters and those, including various clans, some backed by Israel, that dare to defy Hamas’s rule.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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His death effectively ended the O’More as one of the major Irish clans.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
8 Sep. 2025
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The origins of Godzilla’s name may remain a mystery, but there are no secrets related to its film escapades.—
Michael Taube,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Since pivoting from black and pinto beans to roasted and ground ones, Niccol has been trying to reverse Starbucks’s falling sales by returning to its coffeehouse origins.—
Molly Liebergall,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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Perfume houses might use microencapsulation, putting fragrance oils inside teeny spheres that break down slowly to release the notes over time.—
Megan McIntyre,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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More like the way some younger HNWI’s live in houses where the kitchen is big and comfortable rather than being hidden away.—
Bill Springer,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Lineages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lineages. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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