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Noun
They are her distant kin.
invited all of his kith and kin to his graduation party
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Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2025
In Illinois, about 85,000 children are raised by their kin, with about 9,300 children in foster care living with relatives.
—Danny K. Davis, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Bennett’s musings have an ethical component: if a nuisance tree, or a dead tree, or a dead rat is my kin, then everything is kin—even a piece of trash.
—Morgan Meis, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
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Noun
For many animals, social grooming is reserved for close kin.
—Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2025
In Illinois, about 85,000 children are raised by their kin, with about 9,300 children in foster care living with relatives.
—Danny K. Davis, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
Chickens also retain a smidge of the predatory instinct that made their kin such formidable hunters.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Bennett’s musings have an ethical component: if a nuisance tree, or a dead tree, or a dead rat is my kin, then everything is kin—even a piece of trash.
—Morgan Meis, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
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“Kin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kin. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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