lineages

noun

Definition of lineagesnext
plural of lineage
1
as in ancestries
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended his Italian lineage was very important to him

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2
as in families
a group of persons who come from the same ancestor it is now generally accepted that the lineage of Thomas Jefferson includes black as well as white members

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  1. families
  2. tribes
  3. clans
  4. origins
Noun
  • The rest came from the Sandy Hook families, who agreed to put some of the potential money from their defamation lawsuit against Jones toward the bid, The New York Times reported.
    Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Last month, the Onion gleefully revealed its winning bid for Infowars, which was sued into bankruptcy (as was Jones) after the families of victims in the Sandy Hook mass shooting in Connecticut won a judgment in 2022 against Jones in a defamation suit.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of families
Noun
  • The tribes and Lower Basin states are continuing to wrestle with a consensus, but time is running out for this session, the Navajo delegation pointed out.
    Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024
  • We were meant to be in little tribes, and our survival depended on our tribe being well off.
    Liz Kislik, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of tribes
Noun
  • Any recognition of Somaliland as an independent state will result in dangerous repercussions, including exacerbating internal divisions between the various clans of Somaliland that support independence and others that seek to remain within the Somali federal state.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Advertisement California wildlife officials are poised to decide whether to designate six isolated clans of pumas as endangered or threatened species under state law.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of clans
Noun
  • Using the government to prop up bitcoin is an interesting maneuver for a technology whose origins lie in decentralization.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Though the white paper that introduced bitcoin’s origins and philosophy—something of an urtext for crypto overall—does not discuss politics per se, cryptocurrency was quickly adopted and championed by cyberlibertarians.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of origins
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lineages

lineal

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“Lineages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lineages. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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