bloodline
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Synonyms & Antonyms for bloodline
Synonyms
ancestry, birth, blood, breeding, descent, extraction, family tree, genealogy, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stock, strain
Antonyms
issue, posterity, progeny, seed
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The story revolves around an aspiring chef, played by Uwais, and the discovery of his destiny as the sole surviving heir of the Wu Assassins bloodline. — Karen Chu, The Hollywood Reporter, "‘Wu Assassins’ Director Stephen Fung Talks Netflix's First Martial Arts Original Series," 7 Aug. 2019 The redhead genes are strong in Prince Harry's bloodline. — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, "Yup, Archie Has Red Hair Just Like His Dad, Prince Harry," 15 Aug. 2019 Spain Poland ca 2900 B.C. BELARUS Sardinian Corsica BELARUS Modern Europeans Yamnaya bloodlinesare strongest in the north, those of Neolithic farmers in the south. — Andrew Curry, National Geographic, "The first Europeans weren’t who you might think," 12 July 2019 The new Marlins’ prospect certainly has baseball in his bloodline. — Wells Dusenbury, sun-sentinel.com, "Uncle Sam wants you (Marlins’ Nic Ready) to play baseball," 27 June 2019 In addition to that bloodline, Intrepid Heart's dam sire Touch Gold won the Belmont Stakes in 1997. — Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al.com, "Rewinding the Belmont Stakes 2019: Sir Winston wins," 8 June 2019 Tapit has sired three of the past five Belmont winners, and the bloodlines are strong on the female side, too. — courant.com, "Clancy’s Call of the Belmont Stakes," 7 June 2019 But still, Kim Jong-nam, as the firstborn son of this bloodline, which is very important in Korean culture, could claim the right to be the leader of North Korea. — CBS News, "Transcript: Anna Fifield talks with Michael Morell on "Intelligence Matters"," 19 June 2019 Between Guerrero, Biggio and Bichette, the Blue Jays seemingly have a thing for major league bloodlines. — Jon Tayler, SI.com, "Like Father, Like Son: More Kids of Big Leaguers Are on the Way," 14 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'bloodline.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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