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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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Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 12 July 2024
But the advice of Trump’s own kin weighed heavily on his mind, according to LaCivita.
—Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 12 July 2024
Morgan Meis, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
The Oscar winners have been friends for half a century and their kin span generations.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023
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Noun
Featuring old recordings of Em’s daughter Hailie Jade, who’s now 28, the song finds the hip-hop titan giving his kin something to remember him by once he’s died.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 12 July 2024
But the advice of Trump’s own kin weighed heavily on his mind, according to LaCivita.
—Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 12 July 2024
Adjective
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
The Oscar winners have been friends for half a century and their kin span generations.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023
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“Kin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kin. Accessed 14 Sep. 2024.
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