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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
Her fiction concentrates thematically upon the emotional and psychological currents traversing the bonds across lineages — whether those connections are well-wrought, addled, severed, or unknown — and the fraught business of familial inheritance.
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Rachel Vorona Cote, Vulture, 2 June 2026
Crocodilian ancestors have persisted through mass extinctions, dramatic climate shifts and ecological upheavals that have eradicated countless other lineages.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
To uncover this, a new analytical method was designed to compare gene expression profiles across diverse animal lineages and unicellular organisms.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026
Genetic evidence suggests those dogs’ lineages might go back even further—at least to the end of the Late Pleistocene period, approximately 12,000 years ago.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 11 May 2026
Last week, the fellows presented their culturally sustainable materials that center Black community histories and lineages for young learners ages 3-7.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2026
Last week, the fellows presented their culturally sustainable materials that center Black community histories and lineages for young learners ages 3-7.
—Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
How This Serves as a Blueprint Across Species Costal aspiration paved the way for complex adaptations across different lineages.
—Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
Some myosin classes, such as I and II, are widely conserved across many organisms, whereas others are more specialized and restricted to particular lineages—for example, certain classes are found mainly in animals and others in plants.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Apr. 2026
Rachel Vorona Cote, Vulture, 2 June 2026
Crocodilian ancestors have persisted through mass extinctions, dramatic climate shifts and ecological upheavals that have eradicated countless other lineages.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
To uncover this, a new analytical method was designed to compare gene expression profiles across diverse animal lineages and unicellular organisms.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026
Genetic evidence suggests those dogs’ lineages might go back even further—at least to the end of the Late Pleistocene period, approximately 12,000 years ago.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 11 May 2026
Last week, the fellows presented their culturally sustainable materials that center Black community histories and lineages for young learners ages 3-7.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2026
Last week, the fellows presented their culturally sustainable materials that center Black community histories and lineages for young learners ages 3-7.
—Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
How This Serves as a Blueprint Across Species Costal aspiration paved the way for complex adaptations across different lineages.
—Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
Some myosin classes, such as I and II, are widely conserved across many organisms, whereas others are more specialized and restricted to particular lineages—for example, certain classes are found mainly in animals and others in plants.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lineages
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Eastern and western ancestries in Karelian Mesolithic dogs suggest that two lineages diverged during the Paleolithic.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Mar. 2026
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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.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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Special occasions celebrators, romantic weekenders, limelight-shunning VIPs, and families who want to be by the water can all be found lounging around the resort.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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My heart breaks for the families of these young people.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
26 May 2026
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The candidates have performed in a way that embodies their entertainment pedigrees.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
6 June 2026
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And despite their noticeably different contract situations and pedigrees, the pair of new arrivals have worked together within the same position room over the past few weeks.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
2 June 2026
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Other tribes offer similar plates.—
Suzanne Wright,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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Anthropologist David Samson, the book’s author and an associate professor at the University of Toronto, has scaled trees to study chimpanzee beds and visited remote tribes to understand how the story of human sleep unfolded.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
1 June 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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The auteur can now cross another genre off his bucket list with The Samurai and the Prisoner (Kokurojo), a stately and rather stagy historical mystery set during the 16th century, at a time when warring clans fought and outmaneuvered each other for control of the land.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
24 May 2026
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Our story begins in the winter of that year, as Murashige — along with his wife Chiyoho (Yuriko Yoshitaka) and the small handful of clans loyal to their family — barricade themselves behind the peripets of Arioka Castle and wait for death to arrive at their doorstep.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
20 May 2026
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While season 1 unveils the cult's origins and delves into the involvement of major key players (including Smallville actress Allison Mack, who, in July 2023, was released a year early from her three-year sentencing), season 2 shifts its focus to Raniere's court trial.—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 June 2026
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The group brought together different professions, generations, styles, and geographic origins.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
4 June 2026
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Another rescuer in Namhkam, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, said about 40 people were killed and more than 100 houses near the blast site were damaged.—
Grant Peck,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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Based in New Orleans and Paris, Eloueini Architecture is celebrated for designing houses that fold, twist, stagger and float with a restless energy that belies the simplicity of their forms.—
Fred Albert,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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“Lineages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lineages. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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