as in relative
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 cousin
Thousands took to the streets this weekend to demand justice for the three victims – cousins Morena Verri and Brenda del Castillo, both 20, and Lara Gutiérrez, 15 – whose bodies were found buried in a Buenos Aires suburb on Wednesday.
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Manuela Castro, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Johnson then brought in his cousin, Green, the gunman who assaulted Tatiana Pino outside her home, according to Green’s plea agreement.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2025
Abhimanyu, the teenaged son of the great archer Arjuna, dies at the hands of his own uncles and cousins, flanked on all sides and hopelessly outnumbered.
—Seamus Sullivan
september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Other friends at the wedding were Franklin Carpenter, Lopez, Stevens and Gomez's cousin DeLeon, all of whom were spotted on the Emilia Pérez star's destination bachelorette trip last month.
—Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
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Manuela Castro, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Johnson then brought in his cousin, Green, the gunman who assaulted Tatiana Pino outside her home, according to Green’s plea agreement.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2025
Abhimanyu, the teenaged son of the great archer Arjuna, dies at the hands of his own uncles and cousins, flanked on all sides and hopelessly outnumbered.
—Seamus Sullivan
september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Other friends at the wedding were Franklin Carpenter, Lopez, Stevens and Gomez's cousin DeLeon, all of whom were spotted on the Emilia Pérez star's destination bachelorette trip last month.
—Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cousin
Noun
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Some of her maternal relatives were buried close by and their ancestry derived from northern Europe.—
Duncan Sayer,
JSTOR Daily,
2 Oct. 2025
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There were a lot of people, maybe more than five hundred, activists and relatives and friends and comrades.—
Mariana Enriquez
October 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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These numbers indicate the pressure placed on the blood vessel walls in relation to your heartbeat.—
Angela Ryan Lee,
Health,
4 Oct. 2025
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Those areas include youth investment, violence diversion work, community violence intervention, crime survivor support, reintegration and community-police relations.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Dancers and band members from the nearby Edison School of the Arts performed at the grand opening ceremony, where Elanco launched a nutrition program to feed and educate 250 families in the Valley Neighborhood.—
Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
2 Oct. 2025
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To find that balance, for myself and my family, I meal-prep about once a week.—
Millie Peartree,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Sonia, Sunny, and their kin — people who can afford to vacation in Europe, though only after being humiliatingly interrogated to get a visa — are case studies in uneven privilege.—
Sanjena Sathian,
Vulture,
23 Sep. 2025
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Like their terrestrial kin in the river and ponds above them, cavefish reproduce starting in the early spring.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
17 Sep. 2025
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Compared to Joshua Thompson and his kinsmen, the McAlberts of Canton were mere liegemen in the local hackerama.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
24 Aug. 2025
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Our family grew—from the three siblings left in the wake of our mother’s death—to a bustling bunch of kinsmen redeemers.—
James T. Farmer,
Southern Living,
8 July 2025
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“Cousin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cousin. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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