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a
: descent in a line from a common progenitor
b
: derivation
the gun's direct lineage is in the 1960s—
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: a group of individuals tracing descent from a common ancestor
especially
: such a group of persons whose common ancestor is regarded as its founder
Examples of lineage in a Sentence
Noun (1)
his Italian lineage was very important to him
it is now generally accepted that the lineage of Thomas Jefferson includes black as well as white members
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
Tibetan Buddhists orally transmit tenets in a lineage from the Buddha to the present.
—Nadav Ziv, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
With all four members now boasting solo Hot 100 hits, BLACKPINK joins an elite lineage of groups of four or more members who have all scored solo entries on the chart.
—Xander Zellner, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2025
The researchers used long-term in vivo lineage tracing and gene expression profiling in mice to analyze how McSCs react to different kinds of DNA damage.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
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Noun
That ancient lineage somehow persisted in Europe for millennia before eventually being replaced by modern variants.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
Tibetan Buddhists orally transmit tenets in a lineage from the Buddha to the present.
—Nadav Ziv, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
With all four members now boasting solo Hot 100 hits, BLACKPINK joins an elite lineage of groups of four or more members who have all scored solo entries on the chart.
—Xander Zellner, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2025
The researchers used long-term in vivo lineage tracing and gene expression profiling in mice to analyze how McSCs react to different kinds of DNA damage.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for lineage
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“Lineage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lineage. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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