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as in sisters
a male connected with another person by a common parent
When was the last time you called your brother?
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as in monks
a member of a religious community of men
He was loved and respected among his brothers at the monastery.
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as in friends
a man with whom one feels a sense of solidarity
As veterans, we support our brothers and sisters in the military.
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Recent Examples of brothers
Brady came from a family of firefighters, which includes his two brothers, Jimmy and Brian, cousin Pete and uncle Pete, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said at the press conference.
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Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
He is survived by his wife, Kara, and his two brothers, Jimmy and Brian, who are also FDNY firefighters.
—Pilar Arias, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025
The men – sons, brothers, fathers, husbands and friends – were connected to dozens of families and a number of comrades in the shipping and freight industry.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
The exhilarating Christmas Eve in Miller's Point wastes no time in assembling its massive cast of mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, cousins, in-laws, and pet lizards.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Nov. 2025
Comparisons to the work of the Coen brothers were rampant and not always positive.
—Claire McNear, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2025
Pollux marks the head of one of the twin brothers, the head of the other brother (Castor) can be found almost directly above Pollux.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 8 Nov. 2025
The girls and their two brothers all started skating when Goldie, the youngest, turned three.
—Lonnie Burstein Hewitt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
Familial pairs choose the experimental merge for a variety of reasons, including a mother with Alzheimer’s linking her mind with her daughter; teenage brothers, one terminally ill; a man and his pregnant fiancée; a father and his addict daughter.
—Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
He is survived by his wife, Kara, and his two brothers, Jimmy and Brian, who are also FDNY firefighters.
—Pilar Arias, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025
The men – sons, brothers, fathers, husbands and friends – were connected to dozens of families and a number of comrades in the shipping and freight industry.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
The exhilarating Christmas Eve in Miller's Point wastes no time in assembling its massive cast of mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, cousins, in-laws, and pet lizards.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Nov. 2025
Comparisons to the work of the Coen brothers were rampant and not always positive.
—Claire McNear, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2025
Pollux marks the head of one of the twin brothers, the head of the other brother (Castor) can be found almost directly above Pollux.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 8 Nov. 2025
The girls and their two brothers all started skating when Goldie, the youngest, turned three.
—Lonnie Burstein Hewitt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
Familial pairs choose the experimental merge for a variety of reasons, including a mother with Alzheimer’s linking her mind with her daughter; teenage brothers, one terminally ill; a man and his pregnant fiancée; a father and his addict daughter.
—Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brothers
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Those costumes from the original Broadway production, including the Schuyler sisters’ winter ball gowns, Hamilton, Jefferson and Burr’s suits, as well as King George’s outfit, are all featured among the exhibit, too.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
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Murphy made sure to include the characters of Kim Kardashian and her sisters as youngsters growing up during the trial; in the show, they are seen watching their father on TV.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Family members, friends, and contemporaries in the industry have been posting tributes following the news.—
Mikelle Street,
Them.,
10 Nov. 2025
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The idea has come up in internal BBC News meetings and been ventilated on BBC airwaves by friends of the corporation like David Yelland, once a key figure in the Murdoch empire and now a communications specialist with his own BBC podcast.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
10 Nov. 2025
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The film, which premiered in Cannes earlier this year, tells the story of four cousins who inherit an old house in rural Normandy and retrace the steps of their ancestors in 19th century Paris.—
Diana Lodderhose,
Deadline,
4 Nov. 2025
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His sister, Cassie, is known to give him a few baths a day with her tongue, and he’s even learned to howl like his bigger siblings and cousins — albeit to a much different effect.—
Chandler Boese,
Kansas City Star,
4 Nov. 2025
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Directed by Naohito Takahashi, the 25-episode run of Berserk takes on some of the manga’s most memorably chapters — from the introduction of its gruff, greatsword-swinging antihero Guts and his warrior comrades in the Band of the Hawk to their ultimate fate upon encountering a massive demon army.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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One of the officers, a special-forces commando who discussed the operation on condition of anonymity, recalls lying in the pitch-dark belly of a river barge alongside dozens of his comrades, all of them armed to the hilt, eyeing one another through night-vision goggles.—
Simon Shuster,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Spanish tapas restaurant, launched by a pair of siblings hailing from Spain, opened its first Sacramento-area outpost last month.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Wolf is the oldest of four siblings and the last of his sisters is getting married Saturday in New York.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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Betting/odds, ticketing and streaming links in this article are provided by partners of The Athletic.—
Data Skrive,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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For example, emotion AI (when AI identifies human emotions) can help people with difficulty identifying emotions make sense of their meeting partners on video conferencing platforms like Zoom.—
Rachel Curry,
CNBC,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Brothers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brothers. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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