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Recent Examples of kith
Timothy Treadwell, an environmentalist and a filmmaker who lived with brown bears in Alaska for thirteen summers, loved the bears, thought of them as his friends, his kith and his kin.
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Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
They were being held to the same standards as the rest of the world, forced to confront political realities that were previously beyond their kith.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2020
All familiar sights around Christmas, when the social obligations of the festive season draw people together with their kith and kin.
—Elisabeth Blagrove, Quartz, 25 Dec. 2019
According to Ms Debos, the need for France’s intervention showed that some high-ranking officers were unwilling to fight their kith and kin among the rebels.
—The Economist, 18 July 2019
Although Edward IV had the Lancastrian King Henry VI secretly murdered in the Tower in 1471, to close off the enemy dynasty, Richard couldn’t get away with the same thing with his own kith and kin 12 years later.
—Andrew Roberts, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2018
Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
They were being held to the same standards as the rest of the world, forced to confront political realities that were previously beyond their kith.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2020
All familiar sights around Christmas, when the social obligations of the festive season draw people together with their kith and kin.
—Elisabeth Blagrove, Quartz, 25 Dec. 2019
According to Ms Debos, the need for France’s intervention showed that some high-ranking officers were unwilling to fight their kith and kin among the rebels.
—The Economist, 18 July 2019
Although Edward IV had the Lancastrian King Henry VI secretly murdered in the Tower in 1471, to close off the enemy dynasty, Richard couldn’t get away with the same thing with his own kith and kin 12 years later.
—Andrew Roberts, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kith
Noun
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Among other differences, Remus and Romulus also have wider heads, larger teeth and jaws, and more muscular legs than its kin, Time reported.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
7 Apr. 2025
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If no close relatives exist, state law may dig up increasingly distant kin, and in extreme cases, your estate may even escheat to the state (which is a lawyerly way of saying the government gets it).—
Ashley Case,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Connecting with your kindred will be magnificent now.—
Kyle Thomas,
People.com,
16 Feb. 2025
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The French researchers, working with another team in Montreal, Canada, identified a specific problem mutation in this kindred.—
Markham Heid,
Time,
6 Dec. 2022
Noun
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Using that port, the truck can charge to full overnight on a household outlet or fast-charge to 80 percent when attached to a 120-kilowatt charger, in under 30 minutes.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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Riding public transit is nearly ten times cheaper than owning a car, and low-income households without a car spend just 5% of their incomes on transportation.—
Jill Locantore,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Kith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kith. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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