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Career over time reveals roots (7)

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I believe the answer is:

lineage

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'roots' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'career over time' is the wordplay.
'career over' becomes 'line' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'time' becomes 'age' (an age is a period of time).
'line'+'age'='LINEAGE'

'reveals' is the link.

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(Other definitions for lineage that I've seen before include "Genealogy" , "Pedigree, family tree" , "Family descent" , "Descent (from an ancestor)" , "Line of descent or ancestry" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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