as in relationship
the fact or state of having something in common
she and I have a special kinship since we both grew up in England
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Recent Examples of kinship
Exploring themes of prejudice, kinship and resilience, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store earned the best book of the year title from a list of publications, including TIME and The New York Times.
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Janey Wetzel,
PEOPLE,
19 June 2026
This kind of candor has not gone unnoticed by collaborators like Dane, who notes that there is often a kinship among actors who started out in the business at an early age.
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Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2026
Kilmer felt a deep kinship with Native peoples, claiming Cherokee heritage and even playing a part-Sioux character in the 1992 movie Thunderheart.
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Joy Press,
Vanity Fair,
17 June 2026
No alliances are revived, and no sense of kinship develops; what happens is motivated by only survival and greed, the implication being that these were always Robin Hood’s incentives—any social redistribution happened merely by accident.
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David Sims,
The Atlantic,
17 June 2026
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Janey Wetzel,
PEOPLE,
19 June 2026
This kind of candor has not gone unnoticed by collaborators like Dane, who notes that there is often a kinship among actors who started out in the business at an early age.
—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2026
Kilmer felt a deep kinship with Native peoples, claiming Cherokee heritage and even playing a part-Sioux character in the 1992 movie Thunderheart.
—
Joy Press,
Vanity Fair,
17 June 2026
No alliances are revived, and no sense of kinship develops; what happens is motivated by only survival and greed, the implication being that these were always Robin Hood’s incentives—any social redistribution happened merely by accident.
—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
17 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kinship
Noun
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This typically happens because navigating the conflict proves that the relationship is resilient and can withstand the realities of the human experience.
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That unpredictability, coupled with Johnson’s razor-thin voting margin, is testing the seemingly cozy relationship between the speaker and the president ahead of the midterms.
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The tool, developed by independent AI engineer Luke Geel, analyzes past results and players’ activity—from posture to blink rate—spotting connections that might be imperceptible to the average viewer but visible to top pros.
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Cinematic art, art in general, is about human expression, human connection, human interaction.
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The average American consumes about 20 pounds — almost 4 gallons — of ice cream each year, the association also reported.
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However, if future disappointment is to be avoided, something will need to change not just at the national level but also within Asian soccer’s governing association.
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The design and materials of devices such as bone saws, fleams and scarifacators – used to bleed veins and skin surfaces – illustrate the close affinity of humans with other animals.
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Congress has also shown an affinity for weighing in on sports disputes—consider the airtime members of Congress receive when sermonizing on the state of college sports.
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Studies are increasingly showing a strong correlation between time spent with messages and EHRs and physician burnout rates.
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But there are more forces at play right now, and the prices of oil and gold don’t, in reality, show a very strong correlation.
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“Kinship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kinship. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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