as in relative
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 cousin
On May 19, al-Dali’s cousin and fellow Sunbird Ahmed al-Dali was killed in a missile strike on Gaza.
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Shama Nasinde, CNN Money, 31 July 2025
While not at the level of Singer, Gray has credits for working as a writer’s assistant for his cousin on 2009’s The International, and as an uncredited writer’s consultant on 2017’s Only the Brave that Kosinski directed and Singer co-wrote.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 31 July 2025
The longest piece is a Blu-Ray commentary written out in dual columns, a sort of distant cousin to Jennifer Egan’s Goon Squad PowerPoint chapter.
—Eric Olson
july 30, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
Rayshard Scott, 5, and the little boy’s cousin, 17-year-old Jamarrien Monroe, were shot to death.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2025
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Shama Nasinde, CNN Money, 31 July 2025
While not at the level of Singer, Gray has credits for working as a writer’s assistant for his cousin on 2009’s The International, and as an uncredited writer’s consultant on 2017’s Only the Brave that Kosinski directed and Singer co-wrote.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 31 July 2025
The longest piece is a Blu-Ray commentary written out in dual columns, a sort of distant cousin to Jennifer Egan’s Goon Squad PowerPoint chapter.
—Eric Olson
july 30, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
Rayshard Scott, 5, and the little boy’s cousin, 17-year-old Jamarrien Monroe, were shot to death.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cousin
Noun
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Portable games can be taken anywhere in the car, on playdates or when visiting friends and relatives.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
4 Aug. 2025
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The twins stay closely connected to their family back home, calling their siblings and relatives regularly.—
Nell Salzman,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The American public should realize that the figures appearing in the chart’s left column represent a hodgepodge of factors that (while not all wholly irrelevant to global trade tensions) cannot be conveniently translated into a statistic that bears any relation to real-world tariff rates.—
Robert Goulder,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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The White House has taken an optimistic tone on the outlook of trade and broader relations with Beijing in recent weeks.—
Austin Denean,
Baltimore Sun,
25 July 2025
Noun
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In lieu of flowers, the family asks that people consider performing community service.—
Emiliano Tahui Gómez,
Austin American Statesman,
25 July 2025
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In February, officials did not respond to The Enquirer’s questions about a family who said the hospital wouldn’t put their 12-year-old daughter on its heart transplant waiting list because of her vaccination status.—
Patricia Gallagher Newberry,
The Enquirer,
25 July 2025
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But Ariadne also has an emotional connection to her monstrous kin and genuinely wants better for him.—
John Wiswell,
People.com,
3 July 2025
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Police are still working on notifying the first worker’s next-of-kin, so the person has not been identified yet.—
Helena Wegner
July 8,
Sacbee.com,
8 July 2025
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Our family grew—from the three siblings left in the wake of our mother’s death—to a bustling bunch of kinsmen redeemers.—
James T. Farmer,
Southern Living,
8 July 2025
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Rediscovering his family’s ancestral land centuries after the religious wars forced those kinsmen to flee, our caballero soon steps in to protect a local clan from an oppressive landowner and his abusive henchmen.—
Ben Croll,
Variety,
20 Sep. 2024
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“Cousin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cousin. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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