next of kin
noun phrase
: one or more persons in the nearest degree of relationship to another person
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His name was not publicly released pending his formal identification and notification of his next of kin by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office.
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Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
Military officials contacted his next of kin, a 70-year-old cousin named Cheryle Stone, who was born after Walker died.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
The Clark County Coroner's Office will release that information once their next of kin have been notified.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2024
Crump wants to know why officials failed to investigate these deaths and did not try to contact next of kin, rather than burying them in a pauper’s grave near a dirt road by the Hinds County Penal Farm, which is about 15 miles west of downtown Jackson.
—Melissa Noel, Essence, 17 Jan. 2024
The policy outlines who in a family should be considered next of kin — a spouse, then adult children, then parents, then adult siblings.
—Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2024
In some cases, authorities stopped trying to notify next of kin after an unanswered door-knock or dialing a nonworking phone number.
—Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
Advertisement The report listed a schizophrenia diagnosis under her medical history and also said that her mother, Jane, was her next of kin.
—Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2024
Public safety officials said more details will be shared after next of kin is notified.
—Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2024
Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
Military officials contacted his next of kin, a 70-year-old cousin named Cheryle Stone, who was born after Walker died.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
The Clark County Coroner's Office will release that information once their next of kin have been notified.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2024
Crump wants to know why officials failed to investigate these deaths and did not try to contact next of kin, rather than burying them in a pauper’s grave near a dirt road by the Hinds County Penal Farm, which is about 15 miles west of downtown Jackson.
—Melissa Noel, Essence, 17 Jan. 2024
The policy outlines who in a family should be considered next of kin — a spouse, then adult children, then parents, then adult siblings.
—Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2024
In some cases, authorities stopped trying to notify next of kin after an unanswered door-knock or dialing a nonworking phone number.
—Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
Advertisement The report listed a schizophrenia diagnosis under her medical history and also said that her mother, Jane, was her next of kin.
—Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2024
Public safety officials said more details will be shared after next of kin is notified.
—Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2024
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