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The father had a massively fresh gash, from his right wrist, up across his whole hand, from banging and breaking iron and glass, to save his kinfolk.
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Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
As one of the few Black women making waves in Nashville, Adell notes that the presence of her kinfolk in the Country crowd is increasing – and always appreciated.
—Essence, 16 Dec. 2024
The people helping to mold those youngsters into thriving, growing girls and boys, their protectors and pillars of strength, are mothers, and grandparents, and nonbiological kinfolk — in some cases, even the D.C. government.
—Colbert I. King, Washington Post, 14 June 2024
Long, frozen winters and fleeting, lazy summers in this remote area of the country helped forge tightknit bonds — over bonfires, while fishing or snowshoeing, or in musical jam circles — between kinfolk and friends.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2023
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Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
As one of the few Black women making waves in Nashville, Adell notes that the presence of her kinfolk in the Country crowd is increasing – and always appreciated.
—Essence, 16 Dec. 2024
The people helping to mold those youngsters into thriving, growing girls and boys, their protectors and pillars of strength, are mothers, and grandparents, and nonbiological kinfolk — in some cases, even the D.C. government.
—Colbert I. King, Washington Post, 14 June 2024
Long, frozen winters and fleeting, lazy summers in this remote area of the country helped forge tightknit bonds — over bonfires, while fishing or snowshoeing, or in musical jam circles — between kinfolk and friends.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2023
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“Kinfolk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kinfolk. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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kinfolk
plural noun
kin·folk
ˈkin-ˌfōk 
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