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Recent Examples of fraternal
Stir up some kind of fraternal rivalry for her attentions.
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Benjamin Markovits, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2025
In fact, Pittsburgh’s Black community boasted a symphony orchestra, a mandolin string quartet, an orphanage, and a long list of literary societies and fraternal organizations.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
The brand’s name means fraternal, or non-identical, twins, which contributes to its mismatched design philosophy.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
Throughout the movie, Strong exudes this fraternal bond on screen in small, intimate ways, exhibiting the grace that Landau had for Springsteen when the artist needed it the most.
—Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
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Benjamin Markovits, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2025
In fact, Pittsburgh’s Black community boasted a symphony orchestra, a mandolin string quartet, an orphanage, and a long list of literary societies and fraternal organizations.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
The brand’s name means fraternal, or non-identical, twins, which contributes to its mismatched design philosophy.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
Throughout the movie, Strong exudes this fraternal bond on screen in small, intimate ways, exhibiting the grace that Landau had for Springsteen when the artist needed it the most.
—Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fraternal
Adjective
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Inside, the atmosphere was familial.—
Emma Madden,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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Attempts to find a familial DNA match failed.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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But is that competitive brotherly spirit still there?—
Pat Gallen,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
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It's built such a brotherly love and bond between those two.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Fraternal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fraternal. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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