1
as in family
a group of persons who come from the same ancestor
invited all of his kith and kin to his graduation party
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as in cousin
a person connected with another by blood or marriage
since she did not appear to be kin to either side, we've no idea what she was doing at the wedding
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Recent Examples of kin
Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
The Oscar winners have been friends for half a century and their kin span generations.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023
Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 29 Aug. 2025
Over the last half-billion years, squid, octopuses and their kin have evolved much like a fireworks display, with long, anticipatory pauses interspersed with intense, explosive changes.
—Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 28 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Chickens also retain a smidge of the predatory instinct that made their kin such formidable hunters.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
The Oscar winners have been friends for half a century and their kin span generations.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023
Adjective
Once his family was rescued, some of Miller’s kin were evacuated to Louisville.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 29 Aug. 2025
Over the last half-billion years, squid, octopuses and their kin have evolved much like a fireworks display, with long, anticipatory pauses interspersed with intense, explosive changes.
—Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kin
Noun
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Some Wordlers also play Competitive Wordle against friends, family, the Wordle Bot or even against me, your humble narrator.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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My deepest condolences and prayers are with Trey's family during this difficult time.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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After the eighth-generation jeweler Munnu Kasliwal died in 2012, his son Siddharth took over, and today runs the business alongside his brother, cousins, and uncle.—
Gayatri Shah,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Sep. 2025
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That unusually low resonance makes nuclear clocks uniquely suited to timekeeping at the nuclear scale, and sets them apart from their atomic cousins.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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When his many debts and checkered past start to catch up with him, Doyle encounters a kindred spirit who may hold the key to his deliverance.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Sep. 2025
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While hundreds of shows will compete for your money and attention the next few months, here are 10 can’t-miss events plus another 10 gigs that double as kindred shows and shrewd alternatives.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The tribe doesn't have a formal water settlement with the federal government.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
AZCentral.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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The practice spread rapidly across the entire tribe, becoming the new norm.—
Margie Warrell,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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First responders were called to the home of Uvalde Regional District Director Regina Santos-Aviles, 35, on Saturday night after a relative found her on fire outside her house.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Sep. 2025
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The app gives owners the option to connect with the owners of their canine's relative, to exchange information about their pets or schedule a playdate.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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As has been its wont for many years now, over its three days the festival offers a lineup that mixes folk and roots (however understood) and non-folk artists.—
Stuart Munro,
BostonGlobe.com,
19 July 2022
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The songwriter in question is Phoebe Kreutz, darling of the New York City anti-folk movement of the early ‘00s.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
8 July 2022
Noun
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After provoking the ire of the college kids, Madea and her clan are subjected to a series of ghoulish pranks.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Sep. 2025
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Yet the unit also targets dissenters and those, including various clans, some backed by Israel, that dare to defy Hamas’s rule.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Gladstone interviewed over 200 experts for this report, and drilled down on national security issues, acknowledging that AI is likely to be a destabilizer on par with the advent of nuclear weapons.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Neymar, 33, is Brazil’s all-time leading goalscorer but has not appeared for his national team since October 2023, when he was substituted against Uruguay after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and meniscus in his left knee.—
Leon Imber,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Kin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kin. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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