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Recent Examples of fraternal
Where fraternal souls sing identical things.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
The five-story, 46,000-square-foot Shrine building was built in 1906 by the Shriners, a fraternal organization that used it as a meeting hall.
—Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 27 Sep. 2025
The fraternal fissure is especially painful for those who know the princes, whose mother, Princess Diana, died in August 1997.
—Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
And the trickster god Elegba, Orisha of the crossroads, stands between them, a wily ex-con buddy of Oshoosi’s — not bad, not good, a Mephistophelean drifter who secretly longs for the fraternal intimacy that is his friend’s by birthright.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
The five-story, 46,000-square-foot Shrine building was built in 1906 by the Shriners, a fraternal organization that used it as a meeting hall.
—Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 27 Sep. 2025
The fraternal fissure is especially painful for those who know the princes, whose mother, Princess Diana, died in August 1997.
—Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
And the trickster god Elegba, Orisha of the crossroads, stands between them, a wily ex-con buddy of Oshoosi’s — not bad, not good, a Mephistophelean drifter who secretly longs for the fraternal intimacy that is his friend’s by birthright.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fraternal
Adjective
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Town & Country takes its characters and their struggles at face value and, despite some gentle needling, celebrates their genuine camaraderie and familial commitment.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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The best actress prize was shared between Fukuchi Momoko and Kawase Naomi, stars of Nakagawa Ryutaro’s Japanese familial drama Echoes of Motherhood, which also had its world premiere at Tokyo.—
Abid Rahman,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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With Malcolm in the Middle‘s imminent return, Frankie Muniz is feeling the brotherly love from his onscreen family.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
23 Oct. 2025
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Zac and Dylan’s brotherly connection remains strong.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Fraternal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fraternal. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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