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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kissing cousins
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The Trefis High Quality (HQ) Portfolio, consisting of 30 stocks, has historically outperformed its benchmark, which encompasses the S&P 500, Russell, and S&P Midcap.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
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Multiple vaccine makers suffering from the American government’s recent attacks have announced layoffs or a demerger of their vaccine division, as their stocks fall.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
18 Sep. 2025
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Democratic candidates all held a lead over their Republican rivals in the latest poll of three Virginia statewide races as early voting began on Friday.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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In 2026, the midterm elections in Colorado will impact the makeup of the congressional delegation and the future of the state, with the governor’s office and state legislative races among those on the ballot.—
Elliott Wenzler,
Denver Post,
19 Sep. 2025
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And families and students aren’t just paying for tuition—they’re buying into an environment.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The primary goal of these UBI pilots is to help individuals and families through a transition period.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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The World Health Organization warned on Thursday that critical shortages of blood in Gaza hospitals could see force services to grind to a halt within days.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
19 Sep. 2025
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The virus is contagious and spreads through contact with blood or body fluids from a person infected with the virus, according to the CDC.—
Dr. Jade Cobern,
ABC News,
18 Sep. 2025
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The tribes and environmental groups contend the permit approvals failed to adequately consider the risks of potential oil spills.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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The Klamath tribes, for instance, have passed down a story about the creation of Oregon’s Crater Lake, formed about 7,700 years ago, after Mount Mazama erupted and collapsed into itself.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Perfume houses might use microencapsulation, putting fragrance oils inside teeny spheres that break down slowly to release the notes over time.—
Megan McIntyre,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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More like the way some younger HNWI’s live in houses where the kitchen is big and comfortable rather than being hidden away.—
Bill Springer,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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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
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This evolution is driven by a combination of random mutations and natural selection, where the organisms that are most fit for survival, and most adaptable to the changes that occur in their conditions and environment, are the ones who aren’t selected against, and whose lineages continue.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
16 Sep. 2025
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Slavers didn’t keep records of family lineages and the enslaved couldn’t do so.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Kissing cousins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kissing%20cousins. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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