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as in sister
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 monk
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 friend
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 brother
Syed, his mom and brother and their family friend Rabia Chaudry all participate in the fifth episode.
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Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
The green pickup truck belonged to her brother, Freire, then a Miami police officer.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
Andrea spends his free time here when not traveling the world performing, while his younger brother Alberto and his family quietly tend to the 300 acres of grain fields, vines, and olive trees, safeguarding the land their ancestors once farmed as sharecroppers.
—Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Confusion arose, however, after Domingo suggested she and her brother, Prince, were directly involved in the project.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
The green pickup truck belonged to her brother, Freire, then a Miami police officer.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
Andrea spends his free time here when not traveling the world performing, while his younger brother Alberto and his family quietly tend to the 300 acres of grain fields, vines, and olive trees, safeguarding the land their ancestors once farmed as sharecroppers.
—Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Confusion arose, however, after Domingo suggested she and her brother, Prince, were directly involved in the project.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brother
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Trump was on hand to watch Serena Williams beat her older sister Venus in the quarterfinals.—
Adam Zagoria,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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The sisters were then seen carrying a baby in a car seat several weeks later.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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There are black-and-white scenes from what appears to be a cracked Biblical drama featuring a levitating monk and, to the particular bafflement of the producer, a dancing Pulcinella.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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In her retellings, Daedone has described Davon as a Buddhist monk.—
Thessaly La Force,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
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The two men became friends, or at least acquaintances, in the late 1980s and had a falling out in 2004.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Sep. 2025
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Police began their investigation by focusing on Lauryn and Owen's classmates and friends, and when the investigation stalled, the FBI eventually traced the messages to someone nobody expected.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Lepkowski described her cousin's ex as possessive, controlling and physically abusive.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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McKinsey’s Global Survey similarly emphasizes that organizations tracking gen‑AI KPIs outperform cousins still focusing on proofs-of-concept.—
Ian Amit,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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During the purges of the late 1930s, a new generation of young and ambitious politicians and officials quickly arrived to take the places of Stalin’s purged comrades.—
ANDREI KOLESNIKOV,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Sep. 2025
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Garraty is forced to watch several of his comrades' executions while fighting for his own life with a gun to his head.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Sep. 2025
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The parents and siblings and children and partners.—
Eliana Ramage
September 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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Like their Philadelphia Eagles' quarterback brother, the two other Hurts siblings are athletic.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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Jeffrey Katzenberg—film producer, former DreamWorks CEO, and founding partner of tech investment firm WndrCo—is, perhaps most importantly, a dad and a grandfather.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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Ealrlier in the evening, part-owner Renee Medford posted in a Haltom City Facebook group that one of her business partners had seized the landmark restaurant, 5010 Stanley Keller Road.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Brother.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brother. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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