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Recent Examples of brotherly
Following a dose of brotherly love, Wayans agreed to step down and stop feuding with 50 after getting some advice from Damon and Shawn.
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Michael Saponara, Billboard, 19 Dec. 2025
Post-2019 reunion, the Jonas Brothers have enjoyed steady success, charming fans with their untarnished tack for brotherly harmony.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
Zac and Dylan’s brotherly connection remains strong.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
And of course the relationship was the brotherly type, for good and bad.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
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Michael Saponara, Billboard, 19 Dec. 2025
Post-2019 reunion, the Jonas Brothers have enjoyed steady success, charming fans with their untarnished tack for brotherly harmony.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
Zac and Dylan’s brotherly connection remains strong.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
And of course the relationship was the brotherly type, for good and bad.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brotherly
fraternal
Adjective
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These are fractious times for the fraternal duos of filmmaking.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
2 Jan. 2026
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Stir up some kind of fraternal rivalry for her attentions.—
Benjamin Markovits,
The Atlantic,
21 Dec. 2025
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“Brotherly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brotherly. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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