kissing cousins

plural of kissing cousin

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kissing cousins
Noun
  • Surging demand for artificial intelligence has pushed many AI and tech stocks higher in recent months, with markets in South Korea, Japan and Taiwan reaping big gains.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, weakness in semiconductor stocks dragged the Nasdaq lower.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • Danielle Cendejas, a political strategist with experience helping politicians with Bay Area races, told this news organization that both Wahab and Hernandez will have to sharpen their communication with voters through the next two elections.
    Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 24 June 2026
  • Democratic socialist candidates won key races in New York, while more establishment candidates prevailed in other contests.
    Erin Cox, Washington Post, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • Why money lessons matter before graduation Pimienta, a first-generation college student, said many families are still learning financial literacy on their own.
    Conor McGill, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • Lots of Massachusetts families are like this, with fierce loyalty to either the Nantucket Sound or Cape Cod Bay sides of the Cape.
    Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • Diseases that damage the kidneys and impair their ability to filter blood were blamed for 55,081 deaths in 2024.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • Pomegranates also contain vitamin K and folate, which can help support healthy blood clotting and cell growth, respectively.
    Daryl Austin, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • The British Army also provided protection from attacks by Native American tribes, giving many settlers little reason to support a rebellion.
    Hank Tester, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • Leather Fringe Long before America was colonized, Indigenous tribes like the Lakota and Shoshone in the Great Plains region sewed deerskin fringe trim on their garments.
    Faran Krentcil, InStyle, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • Along the bay stood a long, busy waterfront, lined with warehouses, shops and trading houses.
    R. Grant Gilmore III, The Conversation, 30 June 2026
  • Such offenders will use all different ruses to distract the victim, such as claiming to be utility workers, tree trimmers, or handymen working on neighbors' houses.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • Jacinto found out the truth about his work after becoming suspicious of some of the girls who would accompany his cousins to their home.
    Michael Rios, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
  • Love, 85, co-founded the Beach Boys in 1961 with cousins Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, and friend Al Jardine.
    Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • Because everyone will have access to the same information, AI will accentuate the value of personal connections, again promoting lineages and networks that at their most extreme may appear to be sinister establishment conspiracies.
    Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
  • Here, however, entire evolutionary lineages may be emerging across archipelagos separated by distances that seem relatively minor on a map.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
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“Kissing cousins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kissing%20cousins. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.

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