How to Use lineal in a Sentence

lineal

adjective
  • He claims that he is a lineal descendent of a famous military hero.
  • Franco’s movements, Mallee told him, should all be lineal with the pitcher.
    — Matt Breen, Philly.com, 7 Apr. 2018
  • Dardeen would be allowed three-quarters of a square foot of signage per lineal foot of building.
    — Julie Gallant, Ramona Sentinel, 11 June 2019
  • The stories are set in different years, but are not organized in a lineal manner.
    — Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2024
  • Golovkin is the unified champion and Alvarez remains the lineal champ.
    — Bob Velin, USA TODAY, 7 May 2017
  • However, the tournament winners can challenge for lineal championships down the road.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
  • About 650 lineal feet of concrete multi-use trail will traverse four parcels and cross a small stream twice, according to a staff report to the council.
    — David Ibata, ajc, 12 June 2019
  • The work also includes full-depth concrete and joint replacement as well as several catch basins and 200 lineal foot new sidewalks.
    — Joanne Berger Dumound/special To Cleveland.com., cleveland.com, 12 June 2017
  • The performance by the world’s lineal heavyweight champion was just as dominant as expected, but his shenanigans might be even more memorable.
    — Alyssa Thomas, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2019
  • Each tribe determines its own enrollment, but a common requirement is lineal descendancy from someone on the tribal roll.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2024
  • For a man competing in just his second pro boxing match against the lineal champion, being denied those final three minutes is the real injustice here.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • Alvarez beat Cotto, who has won world titles in four weight classes, on points in May 2015 to win the lineal middleweight title.
    — Stanley Kay, SI.com, 15 Sep. 2017
  • In his professional boxing debut, Ngannou dropped Fury and lost a close decision to the lineal champion.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
  • In a fight that almost no one gave him a chance to win, the iconic kickboxer nearly defeated lineal heavyweight boxing champion, Oleksandr Usyk.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • The winners of the tournaments will be separate from the Champions Series, which focuses on a more lineal champion concept.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The restaurant's signature burgers were supposedly lineal descendants of the ones at the now-defunct Band Box (since revived as The Box).
    — Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 31 Dec. 2019
  • The federal law also demands the remains return to the proper lineal descendants, Indian tribe officials or traditional religious leaders.
    — Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Ngannou is already the lineal heavyweight champion based on legacy criteria, and MVP could lean into that branding to position him as the centerpiece of their entire heavyweight division.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
  • Among other things, NAGPRA allows lineal descendants of Native people who owned certain objects to pursue their return.
    — Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 9 Oct. 2023
  • But Fury, considered the lineal heavyweight champion after beating undisputed champion Wladimir Klitchko in 2015, was his usual jovial self Tuesday.
    — Steve Almasy, CNN, 14 Sep. 2019
  • The creation of the Sunday Night Soccer package in Year 3 of the deal has given MLS a smaller inventory of matches to distribute to lineal TV partners abroad as simulcasts of what is available to MLS Season Pass subscribers globally.
    — Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025

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