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
Foreman knocked Frazier down six times in two rounds to become the WBA, WBC and lineal heavyweight champion.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2025
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
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
