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Adjective
If there is more confusion or miscommunication with your kindred, address the matters with compassion and love. Kyle Thomas, People.com, 16 Mar. 2025 At first, Thatcher bristled at the comparisons, but quickly bonded with Lewis over art and realized there was a kindred energy between them. William Earl, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
Noun
Hellboy and his team face an underworld prince who plans to awaken a lethal army and use it to reclaim Earth for his magical kindred. Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2021 Third, there is the moderating role of the Umunna (sons of the land), Umuada (daughters of the land) and Ikwu (members of a kindred). Nnamdi Madichie, Quartz, 29 Apr. 2021 See All Example Sentences for kindred
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Adjective
  • The pursuit of an appeal comes amid controversy over the secrecy of the arbitration decision, the lack of communication about it to NFL players and related questions about the leadership of NFLPA executive director Lloyd Howell.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 July 2025
  • Two months later, he was charged with one count of forgery, also a Class C felony, and two counts of theft, Class D felonies, in a related case.
    Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
Adjective
  • The city plans to purchase properties in the area and demolish those that aren’t compatible with the airport or manufacturing sites, like single-family homes.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2025
  • Not everyone who wants to donate is able to give, but the test found that Hickey and Gamble were fully compatible.
    Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Also, Ford said that on July 17, Ford employees and dealers will come to the North Texas Food Bank to pack food boxes for local Texas families, including those impacted by the floods.
    Jamie L. LaReau, Freep.com, 12 July 2025
  • Beauchemin was since taken down his Facebook page and cut off contact with his family, at least temporarily, an insider told TMZ.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 12 July 2025
Adjective
  • The first batch of prisoners came following the Allied defeat of the General Erwin Rommel’s vaunted Afrika Korps in North Africa in May 1943.
    Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 10 July 2025
  • Sure, sure, the 1981 movie was set in the future — one in which the United States was at war with an allied Soviet Union and China — so the script gets a pass for trying to slip this past us.
    Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 10 July 2025
Adjective
  • Murphy rebounded with a unanimous decision win over fellow icon Miesha Tate in 2022, but her career ends with two losses to Jessica Andrade in January 2023 and Friday’s loss to Moura.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • But unlike in the past when the U.N. Integrated Office in Haiti has received 12-month extensions, Monday’s unanimous decision by council members backed only six-and-a-half months.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • The research center — which will take the lead in directing the moa efforts — was established in 2011 to support the Ngāi Tahu, the principal iwi (Māori tribe) of the southern region of New Zealand.
    Degen Pener, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025
  • The Ngāi Tahu are the principal Māori tribe of the southern region of New Zealand — home to the South Island giant moa, the largest of the nine moa species Colossal plans to restore over the next five to 10 years.
    Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • Democrats united against the legislation, but were powerless to stop it as long as Republicans stayed united.
    Kevin Freking, Twin Cities, 5 July 2025
  • Per the official Season 3 synopsis, the show's prime characters are now united to form an incursion unit on a critical mission to penetrate the looming alien mothership.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • The Miller clan, led by its head huncho Master P, were there to dominate everything from music to business in a way that had never been done before from southern artists (or MOST artists in fact).
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 26 June 2025
  • These are Baptism of Fire, The Tower of the Swallow, and Lady of the Lake. Baptism of Fire sees Geralt caught between two warring clans, and Ciri join a group of thieves called The Rats.
    Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025

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“Kindred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kindred. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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