lineage
Example Sentences
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Just as Kim Jong Un has dressed to echo his predecessors, the sartorial symmetry underscores his daughter’s connection to the “Mount Paektu bloodline”—those with a direct lineage to North Korean founder Kim Il Sung.
Next, they examined how sponge skeletons developed over time and discovered that spicules arose independently in separate sponge lineages.
From Science Daily
Branded as "danmei" - or indulgence in beauty - the genre is part of a beloved lineage of gay romance that has long catered to female fantasy.
From BBC
But it is unclear if those men would be willing to give up their careers and freedom to continue the lineage.
From Barron's
The findings indicate that this rare native breed represents an unbroken Irish lineage that stretches back thousands of years.
From Science Daily
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