lineal

Example Sentences

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The United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, was a lineal descendant of the Marshall Plan and an embodiment of soft power.

From Salon • Aug. 16, 2025

He is also now the lineal heavyweight champion by beating Fury, who beat Wladimir Klitschko to earn that distinction in 2015.

From Seattle Times • May 18, 2024

Archival documents they found also mention a wife and child—meaning Voorhees could have unidentified lineal descendants living today who could claim his remains.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 23, 2024

There has never been an undisputed heavyweight champion that has held all four major world titles as well as the lineal title.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2022

The Voyager spacecraft are the lineal descendants of those sailing-ship voyages of exploration, and of the scientific and speculative tradition of Christiaan Huygens.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan