as in relative
a person connected with another by blood or marriage
we both were surprised to learn that we are distant cousins
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Recent Examples of cousin
Yes, torque is like the rotational cousin of forces.
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Rhett Allain, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2024
The Sun reported the two are cousins who are friends on social media.
—Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
And when Emem’s cousin tried to speak some truth into him?
—Jasmine Secrest, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Luigi Nicholas Mangione, the 26-year-old arrested in connection to the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, and Del. Nino Mangione are cousins.
—Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 10 Dec. 2024
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Rhett Allain, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2024
The Sun reported the two are cousins who are friends on social media.
—Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
And when Emem’s cousin tried to speak some truth into him?
—Jasmine Secrest, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Luigi Nicholas Mangione, the 26-year-old arrested in connection to the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, and Del. Nino Mangione are cousins.
—Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cousin
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The Hamilton County Coroner's Office is requesting help finding the relatives of a man who died this week.Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024
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Nearly all of her relatives on her mother’s side died in concentration camps during the Holocaust.E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2024
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Issues such as migration, drugs, or relations with China were relevant, but rarely shaped decisions on tariffs between both countries.Aldo Flores-Quiroga, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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This is also one of the U.K. government's recent efforts to work on relations with the EU following the Brexit vote in 2016 which saw the nation leave the union.Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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The devoted mom was known for navigating the convoluted case against the family’s across-the-street neighbor, Skakel, with grace, dignity and humanity, Greenwich Time noted.Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 27 Dec. 2024
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His family said in an obituary that Meek died surrounded by family and friends.Phil Helsel, NBC News, 27 Dec. 2024
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Their kin live in zoos across the country and roam the wilderness in Arizona and New Mexico within the Mexican Wolf Recovery Area.Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 29 July 2024
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His intention wasn’t to publicly shame his brother, but to confront a culture of slavery that was gaining ground even among his own kin.TIME, TIME, 2 Dec. 2024
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Rediscovering his family’s ancestral land centuries after the religious wars forced those kinsmen to flee, our caballero soon steps in to protect a local clan from an oppressive landowner and his abusive henchmen.Ben Croll, Variety, 20 Sep. 2024
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At the time of President Lincoln's assassination, my father was in Washington visiting his kinsman, Col. Thomas M. Vincent, who was on the staff of the Adjutant General.Chris Ciaccia, Fox News, 3 Sep. 2020
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“Cousin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cousin. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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