kissing cousins

Definition of kissing cousinsnext
plural of kissing cousin

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kissing cousins
Noun
  • In corporate news, luxury conglomerate and industry bellwether LVMH reported quarterly sales that missed expectations on Monday as the sector begins to decipher the fallout from the war in the Middle East and its impact on stocks.
    Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Asian stocks ended higher Tuesday.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Saul Pacheco, who turns 88 in November, is sitting in a lawn chair at the Arcadia Invitational with his friends, the starters dressed in red suits who fire pistols to begin races.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
  • In races where Republicans had reported their fundraising by Tuesday evening, Democrats were far outpacing them.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Administrators say those outcomes are consistent across cohorts, with Brown noting that improvements often extend beyond individual students and into their families and communities.
    Charlie Lapastora, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Tens of thousands fled by boat from Hue, many drowning in the attempt, and by the end of March a million refugees—soldiers, civilians, whole extended families—were clogging Route 7B, a major highway, trying to get farther south.
    Louis Menand, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • That, of course, and the occasional ghostly presences, unsettling cries, and blood dripping from the ceiling.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Greene made the catch, and Meadows landed on his back in a daze, barely moving with his hands pointed up and blood on his face.
    CBS News, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • All of this comes as the future of the larger $700 million casino and resort project is in legal limbo after the federal government rescinded its initial approval following multiple lawsuits filed by neighboring tribes.
    Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The film was shot on location around Taranaki, with support from Taranaki whānui (tribes), including trainee positions for Taranaki uri (descendants).
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 14 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • There are majestic overhead views, grand Pacific sunsets, houses tucked among surrounding forests, their lights showing like fireflies through the foliage.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The village at the top consists of two restaurants (the more expensive one has a view of a steep canyon and the blue Rio Grande below) and a smattering of houses.
    Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Lemont’s Gabriela Kuruc grew up learning the game of soccer through some tough, competitive family games with her older cousins.
    Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
  • His cousins lived nearby, and his father owned a drugstore in the area.
    Juliana Ukiomogbe, Architectural Digest, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Imagine crossing thousands of miles of open ocean — no rest stops, no landmarks — and somehow colonizing a remote archipelago to start entirely new lineages.
    Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Some myosin classes, such as I and II, are widely conserved across many organisms, whereas others are more specialized and restricted to particular lineages—for example, certain classes are found mainly in animals and others in plants.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Apr. 2026
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“Kissing cousins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kissing%20cousins. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.

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