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
Because the remains will be in a mausoleum, they will still be accessible if future research turns up lineal descendants or “a legitimate claim,” Woods says.
From Science Magazine • Jan. 23, 2024
Fury vacated the lineal title during his retirement and the Ring magazine title was awarded to Usyk after his win over Anthony Joshua in August.
From BBC • Nov. 30, 2022
Some tribes ask potential members to show lineal descent, meaning an ancestor who was a registered member.
From Washington Post • Nov. 1, 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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
