no relation
idiom
—used after saying the names of two people with the same last name to say they are not related to each other
I'm Jill Jones, and this is Mike Jones—no relation.
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They’re rewritten every week and often have no relation to what actually happens over the course of a season.
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Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2024
In August, another Baloch activist, Sammi Deen Baloch (no relation), was prevented from traveling to Geneva for an advocacy mission to highlight human rights issues in Balochistan.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
Jose Martinez, no relation, was named interim-president and now has been promoted to full-time president of UMOS.
—Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2024
The district’s lack of awareness is a problem, said Stephen Aguilar, associate director of the USC Center for Generative AI and Society, and no relation to the district’s Tony Aguilar.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2024
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Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2024
In August, another Baloch activist, Sammi Deen Baloch (no relation), was prevented from traveling to Geneva for an advocacy mission to highlight human rights issues in Balochistan.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
Jose Martinez, no relation, was named interim-president and now has been promoted to full-time president of UMOS.
—Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2024
The district’s lack of awareness is a problem, said Stephen Aguilar, associate director of the USC Center for Generative AI and Society, and no relation to the district’s Tony Aguilar.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2024
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“No relation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20relation. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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