1
as in family
a group of persons who come from the same ancestor
invited all of his kith and kin to his graduation party
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2
as in cousin
a person connected with another by blood or marriage
since she did not appear to be kin to either side, we've no idea what she was doing at the wedding
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Recent Examples of kin
Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
The Oscar winners have been friends for half a century and their kin span generations.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023
Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
To be clear, this isn’t about getting the Saputo kin getting involved in the business operations of the team, which is often typical of children of ownership.
—Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Chickens also retain a smidge of the predatory instinct that made their kin such formidable hunters.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
The Oscar winners have been friends for half a century and their kin span generations.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023
Adjective
His next-of-kin have been notified.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
To be clear, this isn’t about getting the Saputo kin getting involved in the business operations of the team, which is often typical of children of ownership.
—Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kin
Noun
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The typical price of a single-family home in the United States is about $368,000, jumping roughly 13% over the past 5 years and 38% over the last decade, the ABC News data team found.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Lepkowski described her cousin's ex as possessive, controlling and physically abusive.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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McKinsey’s Global Survey similarly emphasizes that organizations tracking gen‑AI KPIs outperform cousins still focusing on proofs-of-concept.—
Ian Amit,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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When his many debts and checkered past start to catch up with him, Doyle encounters a kindred spirit who may hold the key to his deliverance.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Sep. 2025
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While hundreds of shows will compete for your money and attention the next few months, here are 10 can’t-miss events plus another 10 gigs that double as kindred shows and shrewd alternatives.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Grey’s son, Loren Grey, restored his father’s original ending in the novel’s 1982 Pocket Books reprint, but the vanishing mythos remains intact, with the last of the tribe wistfully following Curtis’s Navajo into the temporal graveyard of the past.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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That dire warning aside, California tribes are also suing for a preliminary injunction against Kalshi to block its prediction markets.—
Contessa Brewer,Alex Sherman,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, Teófilo, the husband of Eulalia Baladro, one of the sisters’ relatives who helps manage the family’s ranch, struggles with the property’s finances, leading to further disruption and fatalities.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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Data brokers publish your name, address history, phone numbers, relatives and even property records online.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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As has been its wont for many years now, over its three days the festival offers a lineup that mixes folk and roots (however understood) and non-folk artists.—
Stuart Munro,
BostonGlobe.com,
19 July 2022
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The songwriter in question is Phoebe Kreutz, darling of the New York City anti-folk movement of the early ‘00s.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
8 July 2022
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His death effectively ended the O’More as one of the major Irish clans.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
8 Sep. 2025
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Nick, too, turns out to be loosely affiliated with the Winters clan.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Gladstone interviewed over 200 experts for this report, and drilled down on national security issues, acknowledging that AI is likely to be a destabilizer on par with the advent of nuclear weapons.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Neymar, 33, is Brazil’s all-time leading goalscorer but has not appeared for his national team since October 2023, when he was substituted against Uruguay after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and meniscus in his left knee.—
Leon Imber,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Kin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kin. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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