as in pedigrees
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
came from a bloodline that could be traced back to the 12th century
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Recent Examples of bloodlines
Whether Baffert has another Derby winner in Plutarch won’t be known for 12 weeks, but the colt certainly has the bloodlines.
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Jay Posner, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026
These international operations depend on bloodlines honed over generations by American breeders, law enforcement and animal welfare officials say.
—Tracey McManus, Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026
But with those bloodlines comes some expectation.
—Tarek Fattal, Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
But the fifth-year senior with strong football bloodlines — his dad Blake was a first-round pick in the 1995 NFL Draft and played nine seasons in the NFL — came in prepared.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 Dec. 2025
And the intergenerational relationships within families not only carry the inheritance of civilization and bloodlines but also, due to differences in each generation’s stance and responsibilities, lead people to make to distinct choices when facing disasters.
—Literary Hub, 15 Dec. 2025
Because questions of relation and bloodlines don’t factor into it, new would-be CEOs—endlessly replenishable resources—are always available to take the helm, with new bodyguards available to protect them.
—Hazlitt, 3 Dec. 2025
Male heirs and bloodlines were socially important at the time.
—Nathan Smith, Time, 26 Nov. 2025
In a generation or two, there’ll be no continuation of their bloodlines.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Jay Posner, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026
These international operations depend on bloodlines honed over generations by American breeders, law enforcement and animal welfare officials say.
—Tracey McManus, Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026
But with those bloodlines comes some expectation.
—Tarek Fattal, Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
But the fifth-year senior with strong football bloodlines — his dad Blake was a first-round pick in the 1995 NFL Draft and played nine seasons in the NFL — came in prepared.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 Dec. 2025
And the intergenerational relationships within families not only carry the inheritance of civilization and bloodlines but also, due to differences in each generation’s stance and responsibilities, lead people to make to distinct choices when facing disasters.
—Literary Hub, 15 Dec. 2025
Because questions of relation and bloodlines don’t factor into it, new would-be CEOs—endlessly replenishable resources—are always available to take the helm, with new bodyguards available to protect them.
—Hazlitt, 3 Dec. 2025
Male heirs and bloodlines were socially important at the time.
—Nathan Smith, Time, 26 Nov. 2025
In a generation or two, there’ll be no continuation of their bloodlines.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodlines
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Jeremy and Cindy Bearman, a husband-wife duo with pedigrees from New York City’s ABC Kitchen and db Bistro Moderne, have created a seasonal menu that is technique-forward and expressive.—
USA TODAY NETWORK,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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Of the group, Lloyd and Bush are probably the top names, with both having notable draft pedigrees and production during their careers.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Feb. 2026
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Ninety million years after our lineages split, humans are beginning to listen to whales in a new way.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Jan. 2026
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Peter Godfrey-Smith, professor of history and philosophy of science at the University of Sydney, explores the evolutionary roots of consciousness by tracing how felt experience may have emerged across different animal lineages.—
David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Jan. 2026
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But many Chicanos trace their lineage to indigenous peoples who survived Spanish colonization, often carrying mixed indigenous, Spanish, and other ancestries, a testament to survival and cultural fusion.—
David Alvarado,
Time,
15 Dec. 2025
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This lack of representation is problematic for people of different ancestries because genetic risk factors differ across populations.—
Rachel Nuwer,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
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The seal texts often introduced the owners with their names, genealogies, gender, professions and hometowns.—
Serdar Yalçin,
The Conversation,
3 Nov. 2025
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Transcripts, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of codices, correspondence, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, Maya Society materials, genealogies of Maya families, and Mayan glyphs on moveable type.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Sep. 2025
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Valentine's Day pagan connections One of the most common explanations is that Valentine's Day has its origins in the ancient Roman fertility festival of Lupercalia.—
Marina Johnson,
IndyStar,
5 Feb. 2026
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Each lambda also contains a strange quark, or a strange antiquark in the case of an antilambda, which allows physicists to trace its origins.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Bloodlines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodlines. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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