as in relatives
a person connected with another by blood or marriage
we both were surprised to learn that we are distant cousins
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Recent Examples of cousins
Jacinto found out the truth about his work after becoming suspicious of some of the girls who would accompany his cousins to their home.
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Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
Love, 85, co-founded the Beach Boys in 1961 with cousins Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, and friend Al Jardine.
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Noah Haggerty,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
Their mothers assented because anything the cousins did together could be considered family time.
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Literary Hub,
29 June 2026
Gunn, though, understands people are more excited to see two powerful cousins hang out again or to revisit that heated rivalry between Supes and Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult).
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Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
The cousins met only two years ago for the first time, when Castagna-Herrera’s father returned to his home in Buenos Aires with her.
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Sophie Lindberg,
Kansas City Star,
27 June 2026
The competition, which has been on the air for 20 years, brings together duos of contestants, including a grandmother sheep and her teenage lamb grandson, deer cousins, twin cat sisters and other animal bakers.
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Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
26 June 2026
Courtney Mosier, a family friend who assisted in the search, told KXLF that Paul was taking three of his sons and one of their cousins fishing — and that three of the boys required insulin, which added urgency to the search efforts.
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Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
26 June 2026
Marina’s father is played by Mitch Martín, who’s popped up earlier in the film as one of Marina’s cousins; Marina’s mother is played by Garcia herself.
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Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
26 June 2026
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
Love, 85, co-founded the Beach Boys in 1961 with cousins Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, and friend Al Jardine.
—
Noah Haggerty,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
Their mothers assented because anything the cousins did together could be considered family time.
—
Literary Hub,
29 June 2026
Gunn, though, understands people are more excited to see two powerful cousins hang out again or to revisit that heated rivalry between Supes and Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult).
—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
The cousins met only two years ago for the first time, when Castagna-Herrera’s father returned to his home in Buenos Aires with her.
—
Sophie Lindberg,
Kansas City Star,
27 June 2026
The competition, which has been on the air for 20 years, brings together duos of contestants, including a grandmother sheep and her teenage lamb grandson, deer cousins, twin cat sisters and other animal bakers.
—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
26 June 2026
Courtney Mosier, a family friend who assisted in the search, told KXLF that Paul was taking three of his sons and one of their cousins fishing — and that three of the boys required insulin, which added urgency to the search efforts.
—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
26 June 2026
Marina’s father is played by Mitch Martín, who’s popped up earlier in the film as one of Marina’s cousins; Marina’s mother is played by Garcia herself.
—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cousins
Noun
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Faith, hope drive Venezuelan community's response The day the earthquakes struck was a holiday in Venezuela, which may explain why many families were at home when the disaster occurred, while some children were visiting friends or relatives.
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Many have camped out along the edge of the piles of crushed concrete and rebar, awaiting any word of their relatives.
Noun
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Emily Brontë’s telling of this narrative premise was, also, far ahead of its time, unadorned, stripped bare, always in immediate reach of the brutal facts of her characters’ relations and complications with each other.
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Runcie is sharply attuned to the vast uncomfortable grey areas of gender and power relations, navigating them with wry, revelatory observations that are devastatingly acute.
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“Cousins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cousins. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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