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Recent Examples of kissing cousin
Unfortunately, the top-tier Avenir, even with its nearly $60k base price, is outclassed by competitors, including its kissing cousin, the Cadillac XT6.
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Andrew Wendler, Car and Driver, 12 June 2023
There's kissing cousins and then there's this...
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2023
Morning glory is easy to grow from seeds in most soils and is a kissing cousin to field bindweed, one of the weed vines for later discussion.
—Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 9 Aug. 2021
The nut is technically a seed, a kissing cousin to the cashew, and oddly, the mango.
—Dallas News, 23 Mar. 2021
Rethink Overalls Get over your jumpsuit by flirting with its kissing cousin, the overall.
—Vogue, 28 Mar. 2019
After weeks of teasers that started with kissing cousins and ended with the news that Ari's former Victorious costar would be in the video, the full, entire thing is here for our viewing pleasure (with tons of outfit inspiration to go around, BTW).
—Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, 30 Nov. 2018
McConnell is pushing for this legislative change to remove a barrier inhibiting the versatile plant some call marijuana's kissing cousin.
—Beth Warren, The Courier-Journal, 1 May 2018
The organizers walked a razor's edge with scheduling, especially between the Flora and Fauna stages, which were kissing cousins a few hundred yards from each other.
—Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, 26 Mar. 2018
Andrew Wendler, Car and Driver, 12 June 2023
There's kissing cousins and then there's this...
—Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2023
Morning glory is easy to grow from seeds in most soils and is a kissing cousin to field bindweed, one of the weed vines for later discussion.
—Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 9 Aug. 2021
The nut is technically a seed, a kissing cousin to the cashew, and oddly, the mango.
—Dallas News, 23 Mar. 2021
Rethink Overalls Get over your jumpsuit by flirting with its kissing cousin, the overall.
—Vogue, 28 Mar. 2019
After weeks of teasers that started with kissing cousins and ended with the news that Ari's former Victorious costar would be in the video, the full, entire thing is here for our viewing pleasure (with tons of outfit inspiration to go around, BTW).
—Lauren Rearick, Teen Vogue, 30 Nov. 2018
McConnell is pushing for this legislative change to remove a barrier inhibiting the versatile plant some call marijuana's kissing cousin.
—Beth Warren, The Courier-Journal, 1 May 2018
The organizers walked a razor's edge with scheduling, especially between the Flora and Fauna stages, which were kissing cousins a few hundred yards from each other.
—Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, 26 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kissing cousin
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Ralph Rosado has defeated Jose Regalado in Miami’s District 4 race, concluding a special election that promises to tip the scales of power on the City Commission.—
Tess Riski,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2025
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Exploring in Free Roam mode provides the best sense of scale for the game's massive, multi-ecosystem island in a way individual races just can't.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2025
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While Georgia is thankful to be free and reunited with her family, the press around the murder and the trial will nevertheless affect the family's future.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
7 June 2025
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Next was dad Harry following closely behind as his little princess met a Disney Princess, before the family was photographed going up a log flume ride at Tiana's Bayou Adventure.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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The softer reading helped boost major stock indexes, while bond yields eased, indicating improving investor sentiment.—
Nur Hikmah Md Ali,
CNBC,
13 June 2025
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Furthermore, the very fact that rates increased along with a sell-off in U.S. stocks and the dollar is worrying in that normally, signs of economic weakness lead to lower interest rates as investors flee to safety.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
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Severe infections can also include aches, headaches, elevated fever, lethargy, rashes, and blood in the urine or stool.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
8 June 2025
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The death of a 9-year-old girl who became unresponsive after dental surgery in San Diego County has been ruled an accident resulting from a rare blood disorder, according to autopsy report by the San Diego County Medical Examiner‘s Office.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2025
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Typhoon drowns China's Hainan island BEIJING -- Authorities evacuated thousands of people, closed schools and canceled flights Friday as a typhoon dumped heavy rain on parts of China's Hainan island and headed for the country's southern coast.—
Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports,
Arkansas Online,
14 June 2025
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Thousand of people line the streets to cheer on military units in New York on June 13, 1942.—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
14 June 2025
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That’s because the residence in question is the International Space Station (ISS), a million-pound orbital outpost with a footprint larger than a football field and the habitable volume of a six-bedroom house, circling the Earth 250 miles overhead.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
6 June 2025
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Cameras with long lenses will be perched in the back of the house while others will be hidden in speakers and TV monitors so viewers can get up close and personal shots of the action.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
6 June 2025
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Over the previous weekend, the duo traveled north to make a grand appearance at Kelce's cousin Tanner Corum's wedding in Knoxville, Tennessee.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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The Flying Saucer, 111 E. Third St., originally opened nearby in 1995 and moved to Third Street in 2012, replacing a corporate cousin, The 8.0 Bar.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 June 2025
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Instead of just making the Berk tribe inexplicably multiracial, this little bit of world-building gives an explanation to the (slightly) more diverse casting.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
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The tribe bought the more than 500-acre property in April to give to the Sho-Pai for the project.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
13 June 2025
Cite this Entry
“Kissing cousin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kissing%20cousin. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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