as in relatives
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 cousins
As with its culinary cousins—jambalaya, red rice, and hoppin’ John—the environment dictated what went into the pot.
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Bj Dennis, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2025
Aunts, uncles, cousins, and family friends who spoke my language and understood the nuances of my life.
—Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
Emilia Jones plays Maeve, Robbie's 21-year-old niece, who was left to look after her younger cousins.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
But nobody should ride this bike, or its cousins, like a juice miser on a cargo run.
—Kevin Purdy, ArsTechnica, 20 Sep. 2025
Lopez described his mother, aunts, and older female cousins as elegant women whose high taste belied their humble circumstances.
—Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
Michigan is home to more than 12,000 black bears, which tend to be smaller and less aggressive than their brown bear cousins.
—Saman Shafiq, Freep.com, 19 Sep. 2025
After the eighth-generation jeweler Munnu Kasliwal died in 2012, his son Siddharth took over, and today runs the business alongside his brother, cousins, and uncle.
—Gayatri Shah, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
Global stocks are clobbering their American cousins this year.
—Michael Foster, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Bj Dennis, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2025
Aunts, uncles, cousins, and family friends who spoke my language and understood the nuances of my life.
—Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
Emilia Jones plays Maeve, Robbie's 21-year-old niece, who was left to look after her younger cousins.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
But nobody should ride this bike, or its cousins, like a juice miser on a cargo run.
—Kevin Purdy, ArsTechnica, 20 Sep. 2025
Lopez described his mother, aunts, and older female cousins as elegant women whose high taste belied their humble circumstances.
—Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
Michigan is home to more than 12,000 black bears, which tend to be smaller and less aggressive than their brown bear cousins.
—Saman Shafiq, Freep.com, 19 Sep. 2025
After the eighth-generation jeweler Munnu Kasliwal died in 2012, his son Siddharth took over, and today runs the business alongside his brother, cousins, and uncle.
—Gayatri Shah, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
Global stocks are clobbering their American cousins this year.
—Michael Foster, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cousins
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My dad, my grandfather, my great grandfather, all of them died by 47, and many men and my cousins an relatives have died before 50 because of this.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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For decades, rival groups accused one another of inflating voter rolls by having relatives who lived outside the county travel there to vote on Election Day.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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After battling Bukele in public and her own embassy in private, Manes announced a pause in diplomatic relations and left El Salvador in late 2021.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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In a further sign of growing Sino-Nigerian relations, Abuja is considering certifying China’s C919 commercial jet for use, Bloomberg reported.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Cousins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cousins. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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