Line and People

Line

Line noun - A group of persons who come from the same ancestor.

Usage example: a 10th of all island residents are members of the line of this early settler

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People and line are semantically related. In some cases you can use "People" instead a noun "Line".

Nearby Words: lined, linear, lineup, lineage, lineal

People noun - A group of persons who come from the same ancestor.

Usage example: introduced my new boyfriend to my people

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Line and people are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Line" instead a noun "People".

Nearby Words: peopled, peopling

old	old line	old people
good	good line	good people
common	common line	common people
specific	specific line	specific people
Other adjectives: perfect, certain, dead, actual, real, little, bad, black, famous, white, last, different.

Both are actually spelled to prevent people noticing them if he doesn't want them to, because in his line of work there are times when it's useful for people to not realize he's sapient.

Source: Literature / The Balanced Sword
Most stories about The Mafia have this plot line in it, mostly for the main character, who starts out unwilling to kill people, and eventually having no problem killing people when necessary.

Source: It Gets Easier
To make people understand how stupid it is to move around alone and unprotected, Karrin wants Will to scare people into line.

Source: Literature / Ghost Story

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