bloodline
noun
blood·line
ˈbləd-ˌlīn 
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Examples of bloodline in a Sentence
came from a bloodline that could be traced back to the 12th century
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Still, the magic in their bloodline continues to weave its way into both of their lives in unexpected ways.
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 19 Oct. 2024
Each Japanese Wagyu cow holds a birth certificate that details their bloodline, meaning that each individual cow, and the resulting cuts of beef, are traceable.
—Chelsea Davis, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
The consultancy expects the fortunes stowed with the investment vehicles to reach $9 trillion by 2030 — nearly triple the amount from just a few years ago — as the upper-est crust grows tired of sharing its returns with riff-raff who don’t share a bloodline.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 6 Sep. 2024
The Kim family – sometimes referred to as the Mount Paektu bloodline – is the hereditary dictatorship of the country founded by communist revolutionary Kim Il Sung.
—Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 18 June 2024
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 19 Oct. 2024
Each Japanese Wagyu cow holds a birth certificate that details their bloodline, meaning that each individual cow, and the resulting cuts of beef, are traceable.
—Chelsea Davis, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
The consultancy expects the fortunes stowed with the investment vehicles to reach $9 trillion by 2030 — nearly triple the amount from just a few years ago — as the upper-est crust grows tired of sharing its returns with riff-raff who don’t share a bloodline.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 6 Sep. 2024
The Kim family – sometimes referred to as the Mount Paektu bloodline – is the hereditary dictatorship of the country founded by communist revolutionary Kim Il Sung.
—Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 18 June 2024
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bloodline
noun
blood·line
-ˌlīn
: a sequence of direct ancestors especially in a pedigree
also
: family sense 2, strain sense 1a
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