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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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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
Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 19 May 2026
That suggests more Ohio kin caregivers are taking in relatives, but do not receive child welfare aid through age 18.
—Jayme Fraser, USA Today, 14 May 2026
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
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Noun
Yoshi and all his kin, being amiable sorts, agree to help.
—Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 19 May 2026
That suggests more Ohio kin caregivers are taking in relatives, but do not receive child welfare aid through age 18.
—Jayme Fraser, USA Today, 14 May 2026
Adjective
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kin
Noun
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For families The Sagamore excels at entertaining every member of a family.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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According to a family statement shared with the Associated Press, Bryson died on Tuesday after suffering from a stroke.—
Janelle Ash,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
Noun
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Mom got in some distant cousin’s car within twenty minutes of arriving, which wasn’t surprising.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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Everyone talks about the flowers at the Hôtel des Bergues’ more famous Four Seasons cousin in Paris, the George V.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
Adjective
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The plot follows a protagonist who meets a kindred spirit and travels to the Daliang Mountains to heal old wounds and bring hope back to her hometown.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
20 Apr. 2026
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For Sacramento residents who champion local restaurants, indie bookstores and weekend farmers markets, Portland, Oregon, feels like a kindred city.—
Lauren Schuster,
Sacbee.com,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Anthropologist David Samson, the book’s author and an associate professor at the University of Toronto, has scaled trees to study chimpanzee beds and visited remote tribes to understand how the story of human sleep unfolded.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
1 June 2026
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My scientific and ivory-tower tribe has not properly conveyed the value proposition and return on investment of missions like Artemis.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
Noun
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And the basement works like a charm for parties or when out-of-town friends and relatives need a place to stay.—
Jody Garlock,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 June 2026
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The child's relative managed to find a place with service 10 minutes later and called 911.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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
Noun
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Publishers Coolabi Group and Chinese online giant Tencent Video have greenlit the series, adapted from Erin Hunter’s novels about battling clans of feral cats, which have sold more than 90 million copies worldwide.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
1 June 2026
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The warring factions of the silver-haired Targaryen clan, led by Rhaenyra (Emma D'Arcy) on Team Black and Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) on Team Green, are finally fully stocked with armies and fire-breathing weapons of mass destruction and ready to fight for the Iron Throne.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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Whatever proponents call these statutes, the national effect is the same.—
Yaël Ossowski,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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If Stankiewicz’s Trojans return to the College World Series for the first time since 2001, the 12-time national champions must do it out of the losers’ bracket.—
Jose de Jesus Ortiz,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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“Kin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kin. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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