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Recent Examples of fraternal
Businesses that can offer video gaming include table service restaurants that serve complete meals, fraternal organizations, establishments for military veterans, and truck stops, as designated under state law.
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Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
The good times in a rom-com — the meet-cute, the courtship, the intense declarations of love — all get their moments here, just with a fraternal twist and an invaluable extension.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2025
The Knights of Columbus is a lay family fraternal organization.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
Less Mormonism or Scientology than Free-Masonry or the Knights of Templar, Gnomonism is a flimsy fraternal order based on Americanized bastardizations of Medieval-ish theology.
—Jon Raymond
august 5, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
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Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
The good times in a rom-com — the meet-cute, the courtship, the intense declarations of love — all get their moments here, just with a fraternal twist and an invaluable extension.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2025
The Knights of Columbus is a lay family fraternal organization.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
Less Mormonism or Scientology than Free-Masonry or the Knights of Templar, Gnomonism is a flimsy fraternal order based on Americanized bastardizations of Medieval-ish theology.
—Jon Raymond
august 5, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fraternal
Adjective
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In December 2024, Sabine and Annalise attended the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball in New York City with the couple, marking a first for the familial crew.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
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Her 2014 film Still Alice followed a linguistics professor diagnosed with familial Alzheimer's disease.—
Nicholas Rice,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Click the video below to see a sweet brotherly reunion filled with the kind of hug that comes with happy tears and pure joy.—
Ronnie Li,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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That's brotherly love right there.—
Jillian Frankel,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Fraternal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fraternal. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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