as in relationship
the fact or state of having something in common
she and I have a special kinship since we both grew up in England
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Recent Examples of kinship
About four months after Auditor Allison Ball sued Beshear's administration over its failure to implement a bill concerning kinship care, a Frankfort judge has tossed out the lawsuit.
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Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Sep. 2025
The Dark Hearts biker gang being targeted by Robbie has its own internal code, rigorously enforcing obedience but also offering members kinship, even a warped kind of mentorship.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
While the show has found a home at the Circle in the Square Theatre for the past six months, the germ of this project began to take shape much earlier, in 2017, born out of a kinship Groff felt with the late singer.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2025
Still today, migrants arrive, proving the Caribbean was never a land of walls but of bridges, kinship, and mutual survival.
—Israel Melendez Ayala, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
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Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Sep. 2025
The Dark Hearts biker gang being targeted by Robbie has its own internal code, rigorously enforcing obedience but also offering members kinship, even a warped kind of mentorship.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
While the show has found a home at the Circle in the Square Theatre for the past six months, the germ of this project began to take shape much earlier, in 2017, born out of a kinship Groff felt with the late singer.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2025
Still today, migrants arrive, proving the Caribbean was never a land of walls but of bridges, kinship, and mutual survival.
—Israel Melendez Ayala, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kinship
Noun
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Elsewhere in the podcast, Shallow discusses her penchant for using femininity and flirtation as reality TV weapons, and how that nickname cast a shadow on her real-life relationships.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Oct. 2025
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Muriel’s From American Horror Story to Disney’s Princess and the Frog, New Orleans’s relationship with the otherworldly has been well documented on film and television.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
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If, as Lloyd Matthews has argued, America’s founding ideals of liberty are intimately linked to Julius Caesar, that connection should remind us that such liberty requires due process to function properly.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2025
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Shannon was working the former Hinas and Alex hard — trying to make individual connections with each of them.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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It is not accredited by any major zoo or sanctuary associations, which is voluntary and comes with stricter welfare and conservation standards.—
Quinn Clark,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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The association hosted its annual media day on Thursday afternoon, where executive director Bob Baldwin and Jim Clark, assistant director of communications, spoke about the state of the association and changes that will be coming for student athletes, coaches and fans in the upcoming seasons.—
Jack Murray,
Boston Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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Not only are the margins strong, but products help with brand affinity.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Oct. 2025
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Monáe told the story while explaining her affinity for Halloween.—
Jack Irvin,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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More generally, Europeans' personal happiness levels have seemingly gravitated away from church and children, the traditional sources of meaning, and toward a discomfiting positive correlation with the size of a nation's welfare state.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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There’s no hard data on the correlation between Pavia’s rise and Vandy football’s upward trajectory, but the vibes are hard to miss.—
Andrea Williams,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Kinship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kinship. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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